Promise Me

Disclaimer: I do not own Tales of Symphonia. If I did, well...let's just leave it at that.

Author's Note - This is a Lemon. That means there will be sexual intercourse between characters. If you are not over 18 or are offended by such material, I strongly suggest that you turn away from this story. Now with that out of the way, on with the story...

I'd also like to point that there are some spoilers for the game, so I suggest that you turn away also if you haven't played the game yet, but that's your choice

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"It's a promise. If you don't keep it, I'm going to invoke the Mizuho tradition of making a liar swallow a thousand needles." Sheena exclaimed, with a smirk plastered on her face.

"Whoa...okay, okay, I promise."

The two of them stared at each other for a moment and then turned their heads away, faces flushed red with embarrassment. The pair then turned their heads towards the moon. It was a beautiful night in Heimdall; the moon shone brightly across the landscape, bathing the land in an almost ethereal light. The two of them scanned the landscape for moment before they both turned to each other. They sighed simulaneously; it truly was a magnificent night, and niether of them wanted it to end.

"I guess...we should be heading back now."

"Yeah, I guess so..."

The two started walking back towards the inn, before Sheena halted abruptly.

"Lloyd?" Lloyd also stopped upon hearing his name.

"Hmm? What is it?"

"I just wanted to thank you. Thank you for coming out and spending time with me."

"Of course Sheena. No problem." Lloyd flashed his trademark smile towards Sheena. She giggled slightly and began walking again. Lloyd fell in next to her and slipped his arm around her neck and gently pulled her closer to him. She gasped slightly and looked at Lloyd with a startled, red face.

"L-Lloyd?"

"Yes?" He stared at his arm, which was draped across Sheena's neck. "Oh, uh...heh...sorry about that...I don't know what I was thinking..." he began to remove his arm, but Sheena grabbed his arm and put it back across her neck. He looked at Sheena with a questioning face.

"It felt nice...could you keep your arm there, please?"

"Umm...sure."

The two of them walked silently back to the inn, just content to be near each other, while the moonlight shined brightly upon the pair.

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The two of them stopped in front of Sheena's room. Lloyd slowly pulled his arm away from Sheena, much to her chagrin. She opened the door of her room and took one step inside, before turning towards Lloyd.

"Good night, Lloyd."

"Good night, Sheena."

Lloyd started walking towards his room. Sheena watched him with a glint of longing in her eyes, before she walked back into her room and flung herself onto the bed. She buried her head in her pillow and sighed.

"I don't think that I'll be able to sleep tonight..." Sheena sighed.

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(Sheena's P.O.V.)

'I just can't get to sleep...' Sheena thought to herself, as she turned in her bed for about the twentieth time in the past five minutes.

'I need to know...I need to know how he feels about me...because I may never get the chance to ever find out again...does he feel the same way I feel about him?' She sat up from her bed. She pondered her decision for a few moments, and made a decision.

'Alright, it's settled. I'm going to find out right now.' She got up from her bed and walked out the door, heading straight for the room which held Lloyd; her mind absolute in her decision.

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Sheena slowly walked up to Lloyds' hotel room door, when a suprised expression crossed her facial features as she noticed that his door was slightly open. Both slightly confused and anxious, she slowly opened the door, being mindful not to wake up Lloyd, and stepped inside his room. She walked right up to the side of the bed and leaned over him, looking at every inch of his face. She had always thought that he was a very handsome young man, but in the light of the moon that was shining through the window onto his face, she thought that he truly did look like an angel. A small smile crept up onto her face, when she considered the fact that he was already an angel.

She recalled the first time that she meet Lloyd and the rest of the gang; it had not exactly been a great first impression. She had made a fool of herself the first time she met Lloyd when she fell into her own trap, not to mention that she was also trying to kill Colette. After a few more unsuccessful attempts to try and assassinate the young chosen, she had fled, only to encounter them later at the House of Salvation. She had also tried to follow them at Thoda Island, and had another chance encounter in the city of Luin.

'Hard to imagine that things would end up this way...' she silently chuckled to herself.

She then recalled all the events that had happened after she had joined the group. One in particular stood out in her mind at that moment; the encounter with Volt. Corrine had died trying to protect her, and just as Volt was about to strike her, Lloyd had stepped in and protected her from being hit.

'I can't believe that did that for me, after what I had tried to do to him and his teammates...' Sheena brought her hand up to her chest and held it there.

Then the night in Flanoir...it was the night that had completely confirmed her feelings for Lloyd, albeit the fact that he was being dense as always. Though it didn't end the way she had hoped, she did end up realizing one thing: that she had fallen completely in love with Lloyd. Everything about him, she had fallen for. But there was one other thing that had developed along with her new found feelings. The fear of wondering whether he had the same feelings for her, as she had for him. She began to fear whether or not he was in love with someone else, like Colette, the girl that Lloyd always seemed to worry about, or the professor, Raine, or even the woman trapped inside the body of a little girl, Presea. She feared that she had already lost Lloyd to someone else, and that was something that she prayed hadn't happened already, because she didn't know if she would be able to handle that or not...

She snapped out of her thoughts and scowled silently at herself. She was never this way before...all she had known before was the life of an assassin. One who lived in the shadows, one who killed with no regrets whatsoever, one who was completely deviod of all feelings. Her temper faded though, because she realized what the answer was. The young man that was sprawled out before her, had given her a reason; a reason to feel, a reason to live for something more than just trying to stay alive. The young man in front of her...though he was amazingly dense when it came to women that even if a girl just randomly came up to him and tried to seduce him, he probably wouldn't understand what was going on and act as if nothing happened. Even though that was true for the most part, he showed tremendous amounts of courage and bravery, he was completely honest, and extremely caring. He was thrown into a life that had completely engulfed the two of them along with the others, and he took it all in stride. No matter the odds, he never gave up. He was the one he found strength in. She loved him, and now she wanted to know if he felt the same way.

She began to think about the future; a future that had a shroud of darkness over it. Lloyd would be facing Kratos soon, his own father. The thought about it made her shiver somewhat. She tried to imagine how it would be like if he was in his shoes, and it did not brood well for her; she wondered how Lloyd was able to accept the fact that he was going to be fighting his father soon. She thought about it for a moment and came to a realization that it was probably inevitable. It was bound to happen sooner or later; there was no choice, so might as well accept the whatever is dealt and cope with it.

But she had seen what kind of swordsman Kratos was, she wasn't sure if he would be able to defeat him. The thought of Lloyd dying...she couldn't bear to have that happen. But she knew that is would be his fight and his fight alone, no one would interfere. So she had to know now how he felt, because this may end up being her only shot at finding out.

Tears began to fall from her eyes, but she didn't care. She needed to know now. She would give everything she had and pour her heart out for him.

She carefully climbed onto his bed, climbed over him and straddled his waist. She smiled briefly, noticing that he was a pretty heavy sleeper if he didn't notice that. Her face switched back to a more serious expression, and she leaned over to the side of his head and whispered into his ear.

"Lloyd..." he stirred slightly, but didn't awaken. She sighed.

"Lloyd..." she said, a few tones louder. He unconsciously tried to turn in his sleep, but with Sheena sitting on him, he wasn't able to. This managed to stir him from his sleep, as he opened his eyes. He was greeted with the sight of Sheena right on top of him, clad in nothing but a dark purple nightgown, and his eyes widened in an instant. He started to speak, but was silenced as Sheena put her hand on his mouth gently and began to speak.

"Lloyd...I need to know..." she stopped for a moment to gain her composure, and began to speak again. "Lloyd...I need to know...how you feel..."

"What do you mean?" He said as a look of concern began to cross his face. He noticed that tears were falling from her eyes and dropping onto his clothes. "Sheena...are you feeling well? Is something wrong?"

"Lloyd...I love you...I want to know if you feel the same...if you feel the same way about me..." the tears were falling even faster now, she couldn't help it.

Lloyd just layed there with a stunned expression on his face. He couldn't believe it, Sheena, the woman whom he had fallen for, was now sitting on his waist confessing her love for him? It almost seemed unreal.

The night in Flanoir, his memory recalled, had been the night that he began to develop feelings for the beautiful assassin. After he had gone out with Sheena and returned to his room, he remembered distinctly how much he had wished he changed his wording. True, he wanted to become great friends with her, but as he reflected the night upon himself, he realized that he wanted to be more to Sheena than just friends. After the events of tonight, he wanted to say that he had feelings for her, but his mind would not let him, because he feared rejection, and that was one thing he did not want on his mind as he knew that he would be fighting Kratos tomorrow.

Sheena was beginning to feel her heart tear in half, while he was sitting there with a stunned expression on his face. The silence was becoming unbearable; she just wanted to get up and run right out of the room to get away from the situation. Each passing moment of silence was breaking her down, and what seemed like an eternity, which in reality was only less than 10 seconds, Lloyd slowly began to speak.

"You...love me?" Lloyd said with a hint of uncertainty in his voice.

"Yes...Lloyd, I love you." She barely managed to squeak out. She was somewhat relieved that the silence was gone, but still nervous because he hadn't said anything about his feelings for her yet.

"Sheena..." his hand reached out to wipe away her tears, and gently began to caress her cheek. She shuddered at his touch.

"Sheena...I love you too. I just never wanted to say it, because I thought that..." he was stopped in mid-sentence, as Sheena quickly but gently pressed her lips against his in a passionate kiss.

Her sudden kiss had suprised Lloyd, but he regained his composure and kissed back. He pulled back for a moment toto try and let her regain her thoughts; he looked up into her face and noticed that her face was completely flushed red. He smiled for a moment which made Sheena turn her head away in slight embarassment. He chuckled slightly, and she also began to laugh. Lloyd took this moment to take the initiative and caught her lips in another kiss.

She gasped at Lloyds' kiss, but began to return the kiss in the same fashion that Lloyd had done a few moments ago. The tears had stopped falling, but her face was now pratically crimson in color; but she didn't care, all that mattered was that she was kissing the man she loved. She moved her hand to Lloyds' head and began to pull him deeper into the kiss, while tangling her hands in his hair. Meanwhile, his hands had rested upon her waist.

He licked her lips with his tongue and she opened her mouth, inviting his tongue into her own mouth. He eased his tongue into her mouth and she gasped at the feeling, which left her flustered for a moment, but slowly, she began to move her tongue also, as the two tongues engaged in an erotic dance for supremacy, which in turn deepened the kiss and the feeling.

His hands slowly traveled towards her shoulders where her hands rested for a moment before he gently pulled away and stared at Sheena for a moment. Her face was completely flushed, and she looked absolutely breathtaking as the moonlight shined on her, but he had to make sure this was what she wanted to do.

"Sheena...wait, before this goes any further...is this what you really want?" Lloyd said in a serious tone.

She flinched a bit at the tone he used, but she knew it was only because he cared. She smiled again. "Lloyd, I want to do this...this may be the last chance I get..." she replied, as a look of fear began to creep up on her face.

He knew what she was talking about, and decided to quell her fears right then and there. "Sheena...I promise you, that I will defeat him, and that will return to you. I won't die. I love you too much to have that happen."

"I love you too, Lloyd, thank you." The worry that was in her vanished instantly, and a more mischevious smile replaced her facial features. "Now, where were we..."

They resumed their passionate kiss, while his hands slowly resumed his actions. He began to slide of the straps of her nightgown, and after he had succeeded in doing so, she slipped out of her nightgown, allowing Lloyd to gaze upon her fully nude form. If it was possible, she blushed more than she already had been, while Lloyd stared in wonder and awe, he could only think of one thing.

"Beautiful..." he said, making his lover blush some more.

Not wanting to be the only one nude, she began to work on his pajama top, undoing the buttons on his shirt. After that was discarded, she took a moment to gaze at Lloyds' well-toned body, and then moved down to slip off his boxers. She gazed upon his fully hardened member and then scanned his fully nude form, almost swooning in the process. Lloyd took this moment to take Sheena gently and push her back on the bed, effectively switching positions with her. Now she was on the bottom and he was on top.

He resumed the kiss, while his hands slowly made their way around her body, touching her skin with the lightness of a feather. She shivered and moaned into the kiss, and felt Lloyd smile into the kiss.After a minute or so, he broke off the kiss and before she could protest, he began to place light kisses around her neck and collar bone before reaching her breeasts. He took one of her firm nipples into her mouth and began to play with it with his tongue, and she moaned loudly in approval. He used his tongue to flick the hardened nipple around, while the other breast was being attended to by his hand, by being gently kneaded.

She gasped at the sensations that were being sent to her. Her thought were only focused on one thing; the pleasure the she was recieving from the man she loved. Nothing else mattered in the world right now, it was just her and Lloyd making love to each other.

He continuously alternated between both breasts, making sure that each one recieved equal attention. After a few minutes of playing with her breasts, he began to go farther down, kissing every inch of her skin along the way, while she looked on in a daze, still feeling the pleasure she had recieved a few moments ago. She wanted more, and she was about to recieve more as he finally reached her womanhood, which was already glistening in the moonlight with the juicies that were flowing from it. He took a deep breath and took one long, slow, tantalizing lick at her folds.

She moaned loudly once again, and out of reflex, she bucked against his face and clamped his head in a tight, but not painful grip. He continued his actions, slowly licking up and down her folds, while she held his head in place with her legs and buried her hands in his hair, moaning all the while. He took notice of the small white nub inside of her and began to lick at it; this caused her to arch her back even higher and moan even louder. He then took one of his hands, after her grip on his head had lightened, and took this opportunity to slip two of his fingers inside of her, as he pumped them back and forth inside of her.

If she had any control left at this point, all of it was gone now, as she bucked wildly against his hand, practically screaming out his name in pleasure. She was in desperate need to feel him inside of her, as she continued to rock against his hand...

Then it stopped. Lloyd slowly pulled away from her, and just as she was about to moan in agony, she was silenced by a kiss from Lloyd as he climbed back over her. The kiss continued on for a few moments, before he pulled away and looked into her eyes.

"Sheena, I'll ask again, are you sure?"

"Oh god, Lloyd, yes...please, I want to feel you...I need to feel you..." she said with a hint of desperation in her voice.

Lloyd, feeling a bit mischievous at the moment, slowly approached her entrance, and just as he was less than an inch away, he stopped, hovering in front of her entrance. Seeing this made her whimper out loud, and he chuckled a bit before being playfully hit in the side of the head, as he focused back onto her face once more. Her face clearly expressed longing and apologized for his action before getting himself in postion again. He slowly inched his way into her, savoring the feeling of having his member being engulfed by her. Meanwhile, she too, was enjoying the experience, if not even more, than her counterpart, until they both realized that a wall of resistance was there. Lloyd stopped, and looked down at her. She nodded in approval, and he thrusted quickly into her, breaking both of their virginities in the process.

She winced slightly in pain, while Lloyd captured he lips in a kiss, as he tried to help her ease the pain. He wiped away the tears that formed in her eyes, and waited for her to motion for him to continue. After a few moments, the pain subsided, and she nodded once again. He slowly pulled out, and thrusted back into her.

The second thrust instantly caused Sheena to moan loudly, as the dull pain that was subsiding was replaced with a wave of pleasure. 'Oh, god...he's inside of me...' was all that she could think of, as Lloyd repeated his action with a little more speed, causing more pleasure to course through her, as they both hissed at the incredible sensations. She placed her hands in his hair and gripped his hair tightly, as he continuosly thrusted into her cavern, slowly gaining speed. She took her legs and wrapped them around his waist, allowing him to go in deeper. By now, her loud moans had pratically become screams of pleasure and want. Her mind was lost in the waves of euphoria, and all she could feel was the continuous bliss that was electrifying her body. He too, was also lost to the waves of euphoria as his body was racked with the same bliss that he too was recieving.

By now, he was pounding into her body with reckless abandon, and she could feel her orgasm approaching. She whimpered loudly as she told Lloyd to pound even harder and faster into her body.

Then, it hit her. She screamed out her the name of her lover as loud as possible, as her inner walls clamped down on his member and she arched her back, as she released her orgasm, while the immense waves of pleasure rocked throughout her body.

Her release was all he needed to trigger his own. With a moan, he spilled his seed into her.

The two stayed like that for a while; both just trying to regain their energy. After a few minutes, Lloyd slowly pulled out of her, much to the disappointment of the both of them. He lied down next to Sheena and brought his face forward to kiss her. The two shared in a passionate kiss once again, and a minute passed before he broke away. He pulled the covers over the both of them and she snuggled into his chest.

"Lloyd?" She managed to say.

"Yes?"

"Promise to come back?"

"Of course I'll come back."

She smiled slightly before she spoke again. "Umm...Lloyd? Can you make me another promise?"

"Sure, what is it?"

"Will you promise never to leave me?" Her voice choked a little bit at the end.

Lloyd turned his head towards Sheena and looked right into her eyes. "I promise to always stay by you, no matter what." Even with an uncertain future ahead of them, he vowed that he would do whatever it took to protect her, no matter what the cost.

Sheena smiled at him, and slowly drifted off to sleep. Soon afterwards, Lloyd also went off to sleep, both oblvious to everything except to each other.

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There you go. My first fanfic, which just so happens to be a one-shot lemon. Anyways, reviews are appreciated. Tips, comments, and constructive criticism are also appreciated. I feel as though somewhere along the line; I might have screwed up some info, so if there are any, please, correct me. Oh, and flames, I could care less about.