A/N: Ok, I had this written two days after I posted the last chapter. I know, crazy huh? I've been on this writing frenzy, but I'm sure you aren't complaining. I was going to wait and not update till I got 80 reviews, but I decided not to (because I love you guys!)But if you guys could be nice, my birthday is in two weeks, so please review! Toodles!

Disclaimer:

KeR MySteRr: I only own the OCs
Sonya: And there is A LOT of them…
Max: -Nods a lot- they're everyone –looks around-
KeR MySteRr: yea well… that's ok! Go read!

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Cold Temperature; Warm Heart

Early the next morning, Yuna, Ryu, Tidus, and Maximus were congregated in the bridge area of the ship. Tidus had a sleepy expression on his face as he ran a hand through his hair. "Is it really necessary to leave this early?" he questioned before a yawn escaped his mouth. "I mean, Rikku is still sleeping."

"Rikku was up all night with Gippal helping to pilot the ship so we could be here," Yuna reminded him. Truth be told, they didn't have to leave this early, but she wanted to speak with Kimahri and look for the heir. Valefor had said the heirs would be where their elements were plentiful and she couldn't think of any other place where ice would be found in more bountiful amounts, other than Gagazet. "So, are we all ready?"

Tidus looked around at the three that were with him. He noticed immediately they weren't all there but he knew no one else was going to point that out. "We're not all here…" he spoke slowly.

"If you mean Sonya, she will not get up at her own accord at this time," Maximus interjected. He smirked, a glint of mischief shining in his silver eyes. "To get her moving, someone has to go and wake her up." Yuna, Tidus and Ryu all slowly turned their heads in his direction, giving him the same look of 'You're crazy if you think I'm going in there.' Maximus gave a shrug of his shoulders and said, "If you want her to come, someone will have to do it."

After much debating and finally a forceful shove down the hallway, Ryu was making his way into the Dark Angel's room. He muttered a few curses in Al Bhed as the door opened before him. Of the entire group, he just had to be chosen to go wake her up. He was the one she seemed to have an affinity for beating on, and yet he was going into her domain to wake her up. It wasn't even like there was the small possibility she would be a morning person, not after yesterday's antics. He took a deep breath and sighed mentally before he walked towards her bed.

There was a huddled mass gathered in the center of the bed, under the blankets. He reached out his arm and went to shake her shoulder, "So-"

But before he could finish, or even grab her shoulder, the wind god had the barrel of one of her guns pressed to his forehead. "You have til three to leave with your life…" she threatened from under the blanket.

He wasn't stupid, he backtracked out of her room and down the hall as fast as he could possibly manage. When he met up with the others he gave no explanation as to why he was without Sonya, and why he was out of breath. He merely stated, "She doesn't want to come."

---xXx---

They had to walk a bit of a distance, considering you couldn't exactly just land an airship on the side of the mountain. Gippal tried his best to get the airship as close to Gagazet as possible, but they were still a good distance from the mountain. Even when they reached the bottom of the enormous rock, they still had to climb a bit of a distance to the Ronso village.

Upon entrance to the village, the four companions were greeted by two of the smaller Ronso. Small, though, was a rather large understatement. The Ronso youths must have been as tall as Yuna, if not taller. They greeted the High Summoner before running off to get Kimahri.

The High Summoner smiled when she saw her former guardian. She jogged towards him. "Kimahri!" she called with a grin before she wrapped her arms around him, or as much as his large, furry body would permit.

"Kimahri happy to see Yuna," he started after releasing the petite brunette from the hug. He looked down at the young woman before continuing, "Kimahri wonder, why Yuna come?"

The half Al Bhed smiled sadly before saying, "There is a problem and we were wondering if you might be able to help us a little bit."

"Kimahri help Yuna always," the blue giant stated as he motioned for them to move further into the village. He led the group into a small tent, where he proceeded to sit down on the floor, the others following his lead. "First. Yuna introduce Kimahri to friends."

"Oh… of course," she said with a slight blush, slightly embarrassed she had forgotten to introduce her new comrades. "This is Ryu," she said motioning to the dirty blond, whom in turn smiled and gave a slight wave of his hand. "And this is Maximus," she continued, motioning to the brunette beside Tidus. "They're part of the reason we're here."

"Kimahri listen well to Yuna," he informed her, though it was almost excessive, since it was obvious the Ronso cared about Yuna and would do anything to help her.

---xXx---

He dropped from the sky and into a large snow bank. He slowly stood and shook off as much snow as he possibly could. 'Well, that was a pleasant trip…' He looked down at himself, checking to see if he still had all his body parts. He was relieved to find he was still whole, after all, that trip wasn't all that enjoyable. They had told him it would be weird the first few times, but it was the only way they were going to be able to get him around, unless he wanted to walk from Djose to Gagazet. They didn't, however, warn him it would feel like someone was trying to rip his limbs from his body.

He shook his head and muttered, "That isn't much of any feeling I would want to get used to…" Regardless, he enjoyed the feeling of his body intact and continued to move forward. Now that he was here, he just needed to actually locate Tidus and the other heirs.

---xXx---

Kimahri had told the others not many people pass through Gagazet anymore. Airships had pretty much made the travel through the paths of the mountain a nonexistent need. He did however, mention a girl passing through not too long ago, maybe a few days prior to their arrival. She hadn't come back which led them to believe she had to be somewhere in the vicinity.

And that was all they needed to hear before they started out in search for the unknown girl. It wasn't much, and they weren't sure if they would find her, or if she was still alive, seeing as how Gagazet's weather wasn't always so friendly, but it was a start and they had nothing else to go on. Together the five of them, Yuna, Tidus, Kimahri, Maximus and Ryu, searched the mountain together, leaving no stone left unturned. They continued this pattern until they reached a split in the path, one was a continuation of the path they were already on, and the other led to the Fayth Scar, a part of the Ronso's Sacred Ground, that led up to Zanarkand.

Not wishing to ever step foot on the so-called Sacred Grounds named the Fayth Scar, fearing he'd have to listen to another long drawn out story about it, Maximus opted to continue on the path they were already on. Yuna volunteered herself and Tidus to take the Fayth Scar and Kimahri decided he'd accompany them. "Guess I'll be going with Max then," the wind god said before he followed after the angel.

"We'll meet back at the village, ok?" Yuna shouted to the two men, who nodded a yes before continuing down their own path.

They remained remotely quiet as they walked. They didn't see any people. The only thing that their eyes saw was snow, ice, snow, ice, snow, oh and some more ice. "Do you know if the heir is even here?" Ryu questioned after some time.

Maximus gave a shrug of his shoulders. "I feel something, but then again, there are two heirs here already which could be throwing me off completely," the angel admitted. "It would be slightly easier if we had Sonya. As much of an annoyance she can be," he ignored Ryu as the wind god muttered 'understatement' under his breath, "She'd be able to tell if the person, if Yuna finds her, is the heir or not. Instead they have to wait for me."

"Yeah… what's her problem?' Ryu asked as he rubbed his hands together. Gloves would have been a smart move.

"I said it yesterday, she's a late night, early afternoon kind of person," he said nonchalantly as he glanced around the snow-covered area. He hoped to find this person soon, all this snow was giving him a headache.

"I don't mean that, that I can understand. I mean, what's with her 'I hate you, I'm superior to everyone, you suck go die' attitude problem," he questions. "I mean was she always such a witch, or is this just a special time?" Though the question would appear more sarcastic than sincere, the wind god was truly curious. Had she always been such a nasty person?

The angel glanced at the dirty blond. His silver eyes had a strange look to them. It seemed as if he was debating between laughing and becoming defensive on the topic. He averted his gaze to the path before him. "Sonya… is a complex person…" he started slowly, obviously choosing his words carefully. "There is much you don't know about her, and I'll be honest, most you'll never know…"

The wind god blinked a few times. He must be going crazy, because he couldn't have just heard Maximus, the angel of light, come to the defense of Sonya, the crazed Dark Angel who had a problem with everyone. "I'm sorry, am I loosing it, or was that defense on Sonya's behalf?"

He shrugged his shoulders again. "I can't tell you about her business, it isn't my place. However, I will say this," he glanced at Ryu before continuing, "Don't judge a book by its cover."

---xXx---

As they came to the border between Gagazet and Zanarkand, the blond water god sighed. They hadn't come across anything, with the exception of some fiends. It seemed that there was no one here and, unless the others had found someone, they were going back home empty handed. "Well, they aren't here," the blitzer said as he turned his back to the ruined Machina city that had been turned into a landmark of sorts. Yuna had managed to talk Cid out of the theme park, and instead turning it into a shrine for all the past summoners and their purpose. "We should head back."

"Hey," Yuna said as she placed her hand on his arm. "Don't be so disappointed, maybe Ryu and Maximus found something." Tidus gave her an incredulous look, causing the High Summoner to sigh. "Even if they didn't, we still have Macalania to check and maybe we can send Maximus and Sonya out later so that they can have a go at the mountain. They would probably sense what we couldn't see."

"Kimahri have faith in Yuna, and have faith in Tidus," he said as he placed a paw on the shoulder of Yuna and Tidus. "Yuna and Tidus find heirs soon, Kimahri know it."

"Thanks, Kimahri," the blitzer muttered as they headed back through the Fayth Scar.

---xXx---

The path they were on led into a cul-de-sac. The whole time they had been on the path, they had not come across a single person. Had it not been for the hot spring they came across at the end of the pathway, Ryu would have considered the whole thing a failure and pretty much a waste of time. "Well, at least our time hasn't been a total waste," he said as he approached the hot spring. "Care to relax a bit before we head back?"

He didn't wait for a reply before he started to strip off some layers of clothing and stepped into the hot spring. "I wouldn't go in there," Maximus warned as he watched the dirty blond continue into the water. Ryu merely shrugged off his heeding and ignored him. "This is part of the sacred Ronso ground… you are probably insulting them."

The wind god gave the angel a dry look before he inquired, "Are you afraid of some Ronso voodoo or something?" A smirk graced his features before he continued, "Besides, what's the worst that could happen?"

A gust of frigid wind blew, causing the angel to shiver. 'I hate the cold…' He looked at Ryu who was currently submerged up to his neck in the water. "You're just tempting fate with those words," he said as he turned his back to him. "You can stay and relax all you want, I'm heading back."

"I'll be there in a little while," he shouted after the angel. In his mind, he deserved this little bit of relaxation. He's been the lucky one that's had to deal with Sonya, and after going into her room this morning, he wasn't exactly jumping to head back. He figured, only bad things would come from that.

He stayed in the water until he saw that his hands hand grown pruney. 'Well… guess I should get out then…' He slowly made his way back towards the shore. He was now in about waist high water, a mere few yards from the ice-covered bank. However, when he tried to move forward, he found he couldn't. He was stuck. Apparently, the water had chosen this time to decide it was going to freeze over. 'What the hell?'

He stood frozen in that solitary place, confused, until a noise brought his attention to the area ahead of him. A girl was crouched down, her left hand on the ground. She lifted her head and pushed her pulled back hair over her shoulder. "What'cha doing way up here?" she asked with a smile. "Not many people come up here, ya know." She brushed her light brown side bangs out of her face revealing a pair of bright azure colored eyes.

Ryu watched as she stood from her crouched position. The pants she was wearing just missed the floor, and they matched in color the ebony boots she was wearing. Aside from a white turtleneck and a pair of fingerless white gloves, she wore nothing to keep her warm. He half smiled as he spoke, "Hey, think you can lend a guy a hand?" He motioned to the frozen spring around him as he continued, "I appear to be… frozen."

"So I noticed," she said with a grin. Her blue eyes sparkled as she continued, "Pretty neat, huh?"

"Not really." He shook his head before a shiver took over the upper portion of his body. "No, I can't say I like the fact that the lower half of my bottom is stuck in a solid block of ice…"

She knelt down before the wind god, stuck out her bottom lip, pouting before saying, "You don't like my trick?" She hung her head, her bangs shielding her face from view.

Ryu's eye widened considerably. "No, no, I like it," he reassured her. "I just don't like being half an ice cube. I'm a bit cold." Bit cold was an understatement. The upper portion of his body was freezing, due to the winds whipping against his exposed flesh. The frozen water couldn't compare to the harsh frigid winds and temperature his upper body was dealing with. "But.. wait… you did this?" She lifted her head and looked at him before nodding. "Who… are you?"

A smile graced her face once more, "The name is Kyria, my friends call me Ria, however," the smiled broadened and a mischievous glint came to her eyes before she said, "You can call me beautiful."

"Ok, beautiful," he said in a sarcastic manner. "Could you let me go?" He questioned as he began to shiver, though this time it didn't stop and his lips were turning a nice bluish color.

"Yes, I can," she said quickly, that same glint still residing in her eyes. "Though the question I think you're looking to ask is, will I?" She placed her hand to her chin before letting out a soft humming sound that resembled a 'hmm…' She stood up and ruffled his hair, "Sure thing, don't want ya loosing the lower half of you to frost bite now do we?"

---xXx---

Nick was growing slightly more than frustrated as he continued to walk. He hadn't seen one person his whole time on Gagazet and he was beginning to wonder if Hades knew what he was talking about when he said they would be on this Yevon forsaken mountain.

"Alright, I'll go get him…"

He heard footsteps coming his way. He scurried over to the side and carefully slid into a small crevice in the mountain wall. A shadow from the wall was cast over him, completely hiding him from view. He watched in interest as Tidus came into view. He grinned to himself as he spoke softly to himself. "Well, hello Mr. Water God…"

He waited till Tidus was at a far enough distance so that he could follow without being detected. He kept off to the side, just in case the blond decided he was going to turn. Luckily for him, the blond kept his head down as he walked forward, not once glancing back. He followed him for some distance before the blond stopped walking. He started to say something, but Nick was too far from him to hear and there was a rock wall in the way, impeding his view of whom he was speaking to. As stealthily as he could be he snuck up to rock wall, and listened in closely what was being said.

"Well, I must say," the voice of Tidus was cut off by a laugh, "This isn't something you see everyday. A god stuck in a hot spring that's been frozen over…"

'Another heir…' He grinned. This was better than he had expected. At the moment, Gabriella and Hades only wanted, well more like needed, one heir to be taken out. The fact of the matter was that without even just one heir, the elemental heirs wouldn't be able to stop the gods from executing their plans. But, Nick had two heirs on his hands, two that he could kill, possibly making a personal gain in the long run.

---xXx---

He glared at the blond. "It's not funny," he said over the noise of his chattering teeth. "Now please," he gave a pleading look to the girl, "Can you let me go?"

She gave him a sympathetic look before approaching him. She bent down, wrapping an arm under his arm and around his back. She went gave him a slight pull, going to free him from his prison, when an unfamiliar voice from behind her startled her.

"I'd leave him where he is," the voice stated, causing her to turn around quickly, leaving the heir in the ice. Behind her was a tall man. His green eyes were narrowed as he moved the gun that was pointed to the blonde's head in the direction of Kyria. "Move," he instructed.

Shocked by what was going on, she stepped aside, stumbling over her two feet as she did. This was the main reason she had stopped associating with others, besides the fact that everyone thought her attraction to the cold weather was odd, people were crazy and she always managed to make their acquaintance.

"What is going on?" Tidus growled as he tried to pull the man's arm away from his throat. If it wasn't bad enough Sonya had tried, and succeeded, to kill him, now he had some stranger pointing a gun to his head.

"Silence," he said calmly as he placed the barrel of the gun to the blonde's head once again. "I just want to ask you a few questions," he said in an almost friendly tone, something that left the others with an uneasy feeling in the pit of their stomach.

"I'm assuming that's before you kill us, right?" Ryu asked from his icy prison.

"Depends on the answers I get. First," he stated as his gaze came to rest on the brunette girl who was staring on in confusion. "Who are you?"

"Kyria…" she muttered. "And if you're going to ask how I know them… I don't. Met them about fifteen minutes ago."

He nodded slowly before turning towards Ryu. "You." He pointed the gun to him. "You're an heir, no?" He nodded his answer as he ran his hands along his arms. He really needed to get out of there and get some warm clothing on. "I know you're an heir blondie, so… no need to answer." Nick smirked and glanced at the dirty blond. "Well, that's all I needed to know. I didn't want to waste bullets if I didn't have to." He used the handle of the gun and smashed it into the back of the blonde's head, knocking him to the ground.

"Hey!" Kyria spoke up as she stood straight. "That was mean!" She narrowed her eyes and she walked forward.

Nick scoffed and just rolled his eyes. "I'm not exactly the nicest person around here."

"Or the bravest," she mocked. "Attacking defenseless people, you should be ashamed."

He lifted his gun and aimed it for her. "You, little girl, are wearing on my patience. I'm willing to let you go, you have no affiliation with what I have to do," he waved her off with his left hand. She merely moved in front of the dirty blond and crossed her arms. "Don't think I won't hurt you, girl or not, no one stands in my way."

"I'm sorry, I am not going to leave these two here alone and defenseless, so that some sicko can do what he wants with them," she glared fiercely.

Ryu looked at the back of the girl standing before him. She was risking her life for him, someone she didn't know. Not that he was complaining, though if she hadn't showed up he wouldn't be in this position… He shook his head, regardless, she was defending a stranger, that's not something you come across frequently.

"Why are you so adamant about protecting some loser you don't know?" He questioned, his gun not moving from its position.

She cocked an eyebrow and with a smirk remarked, "Why are you hesitating to shoot me?"

His face twitched in annoyance. He was trying to be decent. He didn't want to shoot this girl, but she was pushing her luck and left him no choice. "Fine, I tried to be fair. I gave you a chance, but forget it." He aimed the gun for the center of her chest. "Bye, babe," he said as he pushed down on the trigger. 'Click' He looked at the girl, confusion crossing his features. 'What happened?' He pushed the trigger a few more times, only to get the same result – nothing.

If it wasn't bad enough his gun wasn't working, the smug look on the girl's face wasn't helping either. He cursed under his breath as he brought the pistol closer to his face. He blinked a few times when he found the cause for the failure of his weapon. 'I know its cold… but for the hole to freeze over…?'

"Having problems?" she asked with a grin.

"Frig it," he scowled as he tossed the gun aside. "Since apparently my fire arms aren't going to work here, I'll do it the old fashion way." His hands reached for something on his waist. When his hands came back into view, each was holding nunchaku. They were black in color and each end of the bar was rounded into a small circular shape with metal spikes sticking out from it.

She smiled sweetly, "Ready?"

"To kill you?" he inquired gravely.

She placed her hands on her hips, "Someone's cocky…"

"Someone is trying to stall," he said as he moved towards. "Enough talk." He jumped at her, swinging one of the spiked metal nunchaku at her.

She bent backwards, allowing the swing to sail over her harmlessly. She smiled, it worked. She had been brought up on the teachings that a calm headed person always won in the end. If you get angry or frustrated, you get sloppy. Now, she just had to get him away from the poor dirty blond she had trapped. She smirked as she jumped back away from the brunette, dodging yet another attack. "You missed," she replied calmly, the sweet smile not once leaving her face.

He growled, he had taken notice that he missed her. He didn't need her to point it out to him. 'Did I get that rusty since I last did this, that a girl is out maneuvering me?' He stood and walked at her, he needed to calm down, he was getting agitated and the only thing that suffered from that was his concentration. He stalked her out, getting a feeling for her movements. He found it odd that she kept smiling, and not once did she pull out a weapon. As far as he could tell, she didn't appear to have any.

"My turn?" she asked with a grin as her hands traveled around to behind her back. "Ok, then," she muttered as she quickly pulled her hands back into view. Nick's eyes widened, how had he missed those? In her hands were two long, wavy pieces of sharp metal. She put a foot forward and pushed off the ground as she brought her right arm, weapon in hand, for Nick's head.

He jerked his head back, missing the attack, but barely. She was a quick mover, he had gathered that from the beginning of the battle, but he had never expected her to be this fast. He had all he could do to avoid the hits, never mind attack back. After a while of remaining solely on defense, he thought he caught onto a pattern of some sort. But as soon as that happened, it quickly disappeared when she switched it up by pushing up off the ground and dealing a swift kick to the middle of his chest. He exhaled sharply as he stumbled back. He definitely hadn't seen that coming. 'This is ridiculous…'

She grinned as she watched him try to catch her breath. She herself was slightly winded, but she was more than capable of continuing. "Alright, babe," she said with a smug expression, "I'm giving you a chance to walk away alive…"

He didn't respond, he was slightly bent over and he sent a glare in her direction. And almost too fast for her to notice, he pulled a dagger from his pocket and flung it at her. She managed to jump out of the way so that she didn't get a bad wound, but the blade grazed her arm. "Son of a…" she trailed off as she glanced at her arm, blooding was dripping down, staining the white sleeve of her top. "This was my favorite sweater, you jerk."

Ryu had to smile, her arm had just been sliced open and here she was upset about her sweater. She wasn't an amateur in fighting, that's for sure… unless this guy was just that bad, though he doubted it.

She jumped at him, her happy expression faded into one of a more serious nature. She had originally expected him to give up and leave, as stupid as that may sound. But, the way he hesitated to shoot her, and how sloppy his formation was, she figured he'd rather not risk his neck and run, but she was beginning to realize that he wasn't going to do that. She brought her left hand upward tilting it ever so slightly to the right, moving with Nick, so much so that it managed to clip his ear. He jerked his head out of reaction, which left him open for another attack. Using her right arm, in a windmill motion, she brought it down, dragging the sharp blade across his shoulder.

He yelled out in a mixture of surprise and pain as he stumbled back, flinging one of his nunchaku at her. One end of the metallic weapon lodged itself in her lower thigh, while the other swung past her leg, forcibly ripping the weapon from her skin. She bit her lower lip and closed her eyes as she tried to control the pain. 'Concentrate it into something else…' she told herself as she reopened her blue eyes and glanced at the brunette who at this time had pulled out another gun. 'Where the hell does he keep all this stuff?' She cursed as she rolled out of the way of a few rounds. Once she was able to regain her footing she flicked both her wrists in a downward formation and the two steel bars she had turned into two steel fans. She moved the fans extremely fast, blocking the bullets that were traveling towards her, and though she was well trained with these weapons, the pain in her arm and leg were beginning to distract her and making the task at hand that much more difficult.

Nick looked on in awe as he watched her expertly maneuver the weapons reflecting each one of the bullets. Though he heard a lot of about this, this was the first time he had actually seen someone use steel fans as weapon. He had to admit, she handled herself well, better than he had expected, but the annoyance was going to end here. He moved closer to her, making Kyria's job of blocking the bullets more difficult. 'It ends now…'

Ryu watched as the brunette got closer to her. He wanted to call out to the girl, but he feared that if he did that it would be more detrimental that beneficial. He could break her concentration, which could result in something fatal. He stole a glance at Tidus, who was still on the ground. 'That must have been a really hard blow…damn it, it would help if he woke up.' He turned back to the fight and was, to say the least, amazed at what he saw, though amazed was an understatement. Kyria had back flipped away from her assailant, which was nothing special, but what she left in her place astonished the wind god. After she flipped back away from the green-eyed brunette, she left a life sized ice sculpture of herself. It happened so quickly that Nick didn't realize he was attacking an ice sculpture and not the girl. 'That's a unique talent…' Ryu reflected as he watched on.

Kyria landed in a crouched position on the ground. She lifted her head and quickly threw her hand up, her fingers stretched out in the direction of the brunette. She grinned as the gun was quickly engulfed in a block of ice.

"What the hell?" Nick shouted in frustration as he flung the frozen gun over the side of the mountain. Nick's frustration quickly turned to worry as he felt his legs growing cold and found he was having trouble moving them. 'Shit…' He quickly pulled open his coat and shoved his hand into one of the many pockets. He whipped out a grenade, grinned and tossed it at the girl, causing her to break her concentration on the spell, setting him free. By the time the grenade had gone off, he was already a safe distance from the place. He'd come back for the heirs, he had time and now… he had unfinished business with that blue-eyed bitch. He had underestimated her this time, but he wouldn't make that mistake again.

Ryu watched in horror as smoke from the explosion engulfed the area Kyria had been in. She had saved him and Tidus, well from that psycho who just tried to kill them anyway, but now… she was gone. Ryu glanced back down at the ice that he was stuck in, this was going to be a problem if he didn't get out really soon.

"Holy crap," an agitated form of Kyria's voice rang out as the smoke began to clear. She glanced around, taking notice that Nick had fled the scene. She made a face before forcibly shoving her weapon back into the fixed position on her belt, behind her back. "He ran because he was loosing…coward…"

"Beautiful!" Ryu called out with a smile. He was relieve to she see was fine, slightly curious as to how she had managed to escaped that explosion unscathed, but relieved none the less.

She looked in his direction before jogging towards him. She bent over before him and quickly pulled him from his icy prison. "You really going to keep calling me beautiful?" she asked, her happy smile returning to her face.

He nodded his head as his body shook. "That was you told me to call you," he reminded her, a sense of humor in his words, regardless of the condition he was in.

She bit her lower lip when she took notice of the condition he was in, his skin had paled considerably, his lips were a bluish-purple color, and he was shaking uncontrollably. She quickly rushed him his dry clothes. She felt horrible for leaving him there. 'Bad, Kyria, you should know better than to freeze people in water.' "Sorry bout that…"

"No need for apologies," the wind god reassured her through chattering teeth as he slipped into his warm dry clothing. "You saved my life and his," he motioned to Tidus, "We owe you a lot." He looked at her face, he could see the remorse still lingering in her features. "Alright," he said with a sigh, "You want to make it up to me that badly?" She nodded her head. "Then help me drag him back down to the Ronso village and then I want you to meet my friend, Max."

She didn't hesitate to take him up on his offer. "Ok, but first," she ran back to the end of the cul-de-sac and returned with a powder blue shawl. She motioned for him to bend over so she could put it on him. The wind god refused, telling her she needed it. She narrowed her eyes. "I will ice you to the ground and leave you here if you don't take this shawl."

"Alright, alright, no need to get all Sonya on me," he said as he bent down. "Though Sonya would most likely kill me before she left…" Kyria sent him a questioning look as she wrapped the shawl around his neck and head, to keep as much body heat, or what was left of it, in his body. Taking note of her look, he shook his head and said, "Trust me… you don't want to know, though I think you'll be meeting her soon enough."

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A/N: That was Chapter 7, I do hope you liked it, I like Kyria she's awesome. A little innocent in some aspects but she definitely kicks ass. –grins- well be nice readers and review –begs- Please! Ok, well until next time, live, love and party! TooodleS!