Tidus sat on the spongy sofa in anticipation. Now that Seymour knew through Zuke, and Rin, where they were, it was important to get away as quickly as possible. Not as themselves of course, so Yuna had headed the transformations.

Tidus had his hair dyed black and cut to just a hedgehog stubble all the way round. He now wore a long black cloak, blue dungarees, sneakers and his yellow hoodie, now dyed red. Yuna had been in the bathroom a long time. Tidus got impatient.

"Yuna! You ready yet?"

[I'm going as fast as I can with this stupid contact lens] "Soon! Give me another minute!"

"We may not have that time!"

"Spare one minute Tidus. It's just one measly minute." Yuna managed to pop in the blue contact lens and stepped out of the bathroom door. "What do you think?"

Tidus couldn't keep his eyes off her. Gone was the white wrap-around and yellow bow and now there was a black, sleeveless top with a high collar and a belt studded with fake emeralds. She had cut her long skirt to two inches above her knee and her familiar black boots were on her little feet but it was not any of these that made Tidus speechless. It was her hair and her eyes. Yuna now had blue eyes, thanks to the damned contact lenses, and long blonde hair, which came to her elbows.

"Wow. You look... Nothing like you!"

"Yes! It worked!" Yuna laughed. Tidus held a bit of her hair in his hands, delicately tugging and caressing her new tresses.

"It's real! The hair is real!"

"Calm down, Tidus. Rikku told me how to do it. [Good old Rikku. How is she?]"

"Ready to go Yuna?" Tidus headed towards the door.

"Okay. [That reminds me!] Wait!" Tidus spun round and rested on the doorframe. "We can't be Yuna and Tidus anymore! People will know who we are!"

"Oh, pseudonyms huh?" Yuna nodded. "I'll be.. Cain. It's was my mother's maiden name."

"If we're going by maiden names then I'll be Via." Yuna pinned a white cloak to her shoulders with two brooches and checked herself in the mirror. "Last time I'll be seeing one of these again." They started to walk out of the door when Yuna caught glimpse of the cupboard. "We'll need weapons. Lots of weapons."

Yuna picked up her Nirvana and skimmed her hand over the polished gold and ivory.

"Should I take this? [Is it too risky? People know it's my weapon.]"

"For luck." Tidus smiled at her. "I'll take this. It's Chappu's sword."

[The Brotherhood?] "Are you certain Tidus? Not this one?" she picked up a red hunter's sword but he shook his head.

"Reminds me of the gang." He shrugged and took Yuna by the arm. They walked a little way out of the door and Yuna turned back.

[The sun is setting. Perfect for crawling around right under their noses.] "Let's go."

Tidus looked her up and down. "Are you sure you'll be warm enough? Gagazet is pretty cold at the moment."

"I'm sure." Yuna smiled.

"Your smile will melt the ice anyway."