The next morning, Suih woke up a little more calm than she had been the night before. She had cried herself to sleep, so her eyes were red and her face tearstained. She quickly got ready, assuming Mira and maybe Ohino were already waiting for her. She grabbed her staff and put her claw on her arm. She ran into the lobby and looked around, but no one was there. Walking out of the inn, she saw Mira standing next to two chocobos. 'So I guess Ohino did leave…' Suih looked down at the ground as she walked over to Mira.

"Good morning!" Mira smiled, seeming a little too cheerful to Suih.

"What's good about it?" Suih said as she climbed on to her chocobo.

"Wake up on the wrong side of the bed?" Mira continued to smile.

"You knew, didn't you?" Suih said, finally looking at her blue-haired guardian. Mira stopped smiling and looked down at the ground.

"When you went into the Chamber of the Fayth in Kilika, Ohino…just…went off. He was so angry…he wasn't himself…After I calmed him down, he began to cry. He doesn't want you to go to Zanarkand. But more than that, he's afraid that you're going to die. Not from the Final Aeon, but from him. I don't know exactly what's wrong with him either, but I know it's something serious. He went ahead to Mushroom Rock. He said he couldn't face you when you woke up." Mira and Suih had already started on their journey to Mushroom Rock.

They went the rest of the trip in silence. Suih kept thinking of reasons why Ohino would say what he did the night before. She couldn't come up with any good ones, and she hoped Ohino would tell her soon.

They finally arrived at the gates to Mushroom Rock. Due to the pathways, all chocobos had to be left at the gate. Suih looked around, to no avail.

"Mira, where's Ohino? I thought you said he'd be waiting here…"

Mira didn't respond. She just shook her head and sighed. They walked through the gate and headed right, following Mira's instructions. After a few fiend encounters, Suih began to whine.

"Where's Ohino…We need him to help us fight…" Suih swayed a little to her left and closed her eyes. Mira was on the other side of her, so the summoner fell to the ground. Mira rushed over and helped her sit up.

"Suih! Suih, are you ok?" Mira gently shook her. "Must've been the last Funguar we fought…She looks poisoned…" Mira pulled a Remedy from her coat pocket and gave it to Suih. After swallowing it, Suih stood up, still feeling a little poisoned.

"Sorry…" She moaned, taking a few steps forward. Suddenly, a Red Element and a Funguar leapt into their path.

"Go away!" Suih shouted, waving her arm limply.

"Were going to have to fight, you know." Mira looked at Suih, a little disturbed that the summoner was acting drunk. She cast a Fira on the Funguar and a Blizzara on the Red Element. Suih fell to her knees, too tired to stand.

"Cure!" Mira shouted, frustrated at Suih.

"On me?" Suih swayed from left to right, her eyes half closed.

"Yes!"

Mira winced as a Fira spell was cast on her. Suih cast Cure on herself and was up in no time. She ran over to the Funguar, and slashed at it with her claw. The Funguar promptly counterattacked and cast Fira on Suih. She tried to block it, forgetting that it was magic. She cast Shell on herself after getting a safe distance away. The Funguar then began flapping its 'arms' and let its Pollen attack out. It put Mira to sleep, so Suih was left to decide what to do.

'I could finish the Funguar off right now and wake Mira up to finish the Red Element off…' Suih winced after having Fira cast on her by the Funguar. She soon decided to finish the Funguar. She ran up to it and again slashed at it, scoring a devastating hit. The Funguar collapsed and became engulfed in pyreflies. The Red Element cast Fira on Suih and weakened her a great deal. She had just enough strength to wake up Mira, so she lifted her staff and cast Esuna on her female guardian. After doing so, she collapsed, leaving Mira to finish the fight.

Mira woke with a start and saw Suih lying on the ground. She was about to run over and help Suih, but she realized the battle had not been finished. She cast a Blizzard spell to finish off the remaining fiend, then ran over to the redhead.

"Suih! Suih!" Mira looked at her summoner, but got no response. "She's knocked out…" Mira whispered. She opened her jacket, and began to search it. "Potion…Hi-Potion…Nothing!" She shouted in frustration. "Ohino…you are so gonna get it when we find you…"

Mira picked Suih up, deciding that she had to carry her the rest of the way. They were close to the last rock platform and Mira made a break for it. She ran as fast as she could, carrying the limp summoner in her arms. They reached the platform and rode it up to the next level. When up there, Mira sighed. She saw that the only way to continue was on an Al Bhed machina.

'It had to be now that you were knocked unconscious, eh?' Mira looked down at Suih, who looked like she was sleeping peacefully. Mira walked up the short flight of steps onto the machina. She laid Suih on the ground and walked toward what looked like a control panel.

"Here goes…" Mira began banging and kicking the controls, hoping something would work. After a while of sparks and odd noises, Mira noticed a lever. She pulled on it, and the machina went up. The blue-haired girl picked Suih up and walked out onto the plane. Mira noticed something shimmer out of the corner of her eye. She quickly ran over to it, and just as she had hoped, it was a Potion. She quickly gave it to Suih, whose eyes fluttered open moments later. She stood up and walked around a little.

"Thank you, Mira." Suih smiled, knowing that Mira had to carry her all the way up to where they were.

"I'm you're guardian aren't I?" Mira smiled back as they both began to walk and take a look at the view. As they neared the edge, a ghastly sea opened up before them. The air smelled foul and made Suih pinch her nose.

"What is that smell?" Suih's face twisted up as she looked around.

"It's blood…" Mira closed her eyes. "Sin was here…" Suih's eyes widened as Mira made the last comment.

"Then that means…Sinspawn!" she shouted, running towards the temple with Mira close behind. But a large bird-looking creature quickly cut off their path.

"Too late…we're in no condition to fight!" Mira shouted to no one in particular, but the battle began before Mira realized it. Suih took the initiative and leapt into the air, sticking her fist out and coming down on the Sinspawn. She barely scraped its lower left wing and fell quickly to the ground. The Sinspawn counterattacked, clawing Suih with its giant talons. She collapsed in a heap on the ground, once again knocked out.

Mira cast Fira, which did virtually nothing to the giant creature. It also knocked Mira out with its giant talons, leaving the two defenseless.

'Sorry…Suih…' Mira blacked out, hoping for the best.

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"Where…" Suih rolled around on the bed she was laying on.

"Djose Temple," a familiar voice replied. Suih sat up, startled, and looked around.

"Ohino!" she shouted, throwing her arms around him. She quickly drew back after hugging him, and slapped him across the cheek with the back of her hand.

"What was that for?" he said, rubbing his cheek.

"You are a lousy guardian!" Suih shouted even louder.

"Miss, please keep it down! There are people--" A priest had walked in to calm the summoner down.

"—Don't give me that!" she cut in. "How could you leave us like that! You good for nothing…" she muttered, noticing Mira walking in the door.

"So, she woke up?" Mira chuckled.

"It's not funny!" Ohino said defensively. He moved his hand from his cheek and turned it towards Mira.

"Ooooooohhh…She got you good!" Mira smiled.

"So it's still red?" Ohino asked.

"You deserved it." Suih turned her chin up and folded her arms across her chest.

"Oh good, you're awake!" A boy rushed into the room and ran straight towards Suih, knocking Ohino off his chair.

"Graav?" Suih tilted her head to the side.

"He found us lying in front of the Sinspawn and saved us," Mira commented. "And he carried us all the way through the Djose Highroad."

"Really?" Suih was flattered. Graav just blushed.

"Well, we're at the temple, so we might as well go to the Chamber of the Fayth now that you're awake." Ohino stood up, still rubbing his cheek.

"Yeah, you're right." Suih said, standing up. She then turned to Graav. "Do you mind waiting?"

"N-no…not at all!" He blushed even more as he sat down.

"Thanks! I won't take long!" Suih skipped out of the small room in the temple and on towards the Cloister of Trials.

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Woho! ^.^ Chappie 7! I would like to give a thanks and a hug to yunalesca78 for editing this for me! Don't worry, I understand why it took awhile. Anyway, I'm going to away band camp next week, so no updates then, but when I get back there will be! Until then, leave me a review, and keep sticking with me! ^.^