Yuna brushed off the last bits of dust from the rock 'ladder'. Tidus smiled
and hugged her.
"You okay?"
"I'm fine. Let's go." They started to walk against a strong blizzard until they came to a small monument. Tidus crouched down and wiped off the settling snow.
"Lulu told me about these. These are laid down where summoners and their guardians have died and failed. [Cold.. So cold...] We were lucky, having so many other people there to help us. That's why we're not buried under a ton of iron. It's so sad, isn't it?" No answer. "Yuna?" He spun round and saw a lock of golden hair under a white carpet. "Yuna!" Tidus ran forward and picked her up. She was as cold as the ice they walked on. "What happened?"
"Cold.."
"I told you to put on another cloak." Wrapping his cloak around her, he warmed her up like a small baby, bouncing her gently. "Warmer?" she nodded and Tidus let her down but kept her in the swirls of his black cloak.
Then they came to the gate. The gate of Gagazet.
"Halt!" It was the former Maester, Kelk Ronso. "Why do you wish to pass under our holy mountain of Gagazet?"
"We are travellers, oh great Ronso." Said Tidus.
"Your names?" said another Ronso.
"I am Cain and this is my companion Via." A small hand came out of the cloak and waved. The Ronso laughed.
"Very well. You may pass." Kelk Ronso stood aside.
"STOP!" growled a voice. A blue cat hurtled towards them and stopped just in front of them.
"Kimahri?" whispered Yuna. Kimahri bent down and looked at this changed face. The small eyes opened and he saw the clouds in one blue eye but stillness in the other.
"Yuna." He whispered quietly. Tidus looked at him anxiously and Kimahri put his finger to his lips.
"They may pass." And he headed up the mountain as Yuna breathed a sigh of relief.
"You okay?"
"I'm fine. Let's go." They started to walk against a strong blizzard until they came to a small monument. Tidus crouched down and wiped off the settling snow.
"Lulu told me about these. These are laid down where summoners and their guardians have died and failed. [Cold.. So cold...] We were lucky, having so many other people there to help us. That's why we're not buried under a ton of iron. It's so sad, isn't it?" No answer. "Yuna?" He spun round and saw a lock of golden hair under a white carpet. "Yuna!" Tidus ran forward and picked her up. She was as cold as the ice they walked on. "What happened?"
"Cold.."
"I told you to put on another cloak." Wrapping his cloak around her, he warmed her up like a small baby, bouncing her gently. "Warmer?" she nodded and Tidus let her down but kept her in the swirls of his black cloak.
Then they came to the gate. The gate of Gagazet.
"Halt!" It was the former Maester, Kelk Ronso. "Why do you wish to pass under our holy mountain of Gagazet?"
"We are travellers, oh great Ronso." Said Tidus.
"Your names?" said another Ronso.
"I am Cain and this is my companion Via." A small hand came out of the cloak and waved. The Ronso laughed.
"Very well. You may pass." Kelk Ronso stood aside.
"STOP!" growled a voice. A blue cat hurtled towards them and stopped just in front of them.
"Kimahri?" whispered Yuna. Kimahri bent down and looked at this changed face. The small eyes opened and he saw the clouds in one blue eye but stillness in the other.
"Yuna." He whispered quietly. Tidus looked at him anxiously and Kimahri put his finger to his lips.
"They may pass." And he headed up the mountain as Yuna breathed a sigh of relief.