The 'Naughty Dog' dived straight into the sea, all of it's standing passengers hitting the ceiling hard. Tilba flipped on the Boat Mode, changing the 'Naughty Dog' from sky worthy to sea worthy. Kiba was just a little island city off of the country of Sai, and it competed with Nai for Sai's biggest city. It was a bit big, yes, but nothing like Pandemonium. It was kind of like Ore, smaller than some but bigger than a town. But, tonight, the entire light blue and navy city was in huge flames.

"... Fire user?" Salix asked as she stared hard out at the scene.

"Maybe, maybe not. Kiba runs a lot on electrical currents, so the fire might be from lose cables in the destruction..." Livid answered, standing up and checking his GFs again. He was equipped with Bahamut and Odin, his favorites. Hega had the Brothers, while Kega had Shiva. Salix had La'lala with Plunk and Hades; Ice, Lightening, and Water users. Sabbath was equipped with Buta'Ma with Tuto'Nei, all he needed, while Selphie held Siren and Diablos, Tilba preferred to be GF less.

"Otay then, kiddies, we're headin' in for a dock. It's suggested that either you hide behind somethin', put on a seatbelt, or bend over and kiss your butt buh bye!" Tilba laughed, as everyone took his first two suggestions. The Naughty Dog crashed through a wall, then up onto the sand, reminding Selphie of a certain time in Dollet. But, unfortunately...

CRASH! Hega's seatbelt wasn't really buckled the entire way. He rolled over the control panels and through the glass front window, off of the hood and nearly twenty feet off into the soft sand. Salix and Livid both fought over the first to go through Hega's shattered imprinted hole, Livid winning. He fell off of the hood and next to Hega, who shot up and grinned, standing "now that was refreshing before a battle!"

Salix landed next to Hega a split second after Livid, amazed "... How did you do that?!"

Livid laughed "Hega's made of steel! Now, lets choose a party and save Ms. Trepe... and that other guy."

"It's Mrs. Dincht now, Livid... Okay, the highest level here is me!" Salix jumped up, grinning. Level 28 wasn't bad, even though it was low compared to Selphie 89.

"No, Tilmit's the highest level... So, she's defiantly in the group. I'll bring up the rear, I guess, so that'll be our group" Livid said, walking behind Selphie. He was level 27.

"Okay, then. Umm... Sabbath, Tilba, and Kega, you'll be the next group!" Salix said hastily, turning to run ahead. They were feeling way too lazy for the current situation. Hega complained, but while running off Salix explained to him she's not sending a guy who flew through the window on a mission.

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"What's this things name?" Livid asked, attacking the monster that the three had encountered.

"This? This is a Flan... Here, it's Flan. Where you come from, it's Blobra, right?" Salix answered, casting fire on the blue Flan.

"No, Jiango's sister, the one attacking now... What did he say it's name was?" Livid asked, as the Flan finally died. They were in a hallway of Kiba Garden, heading for the top, the office so they could check on Quistis and Zell.

"It's Vencita... right?" Selphie answered his question, turning slowly around with a strange feeling that she was being watched.

"THAT'S RIGHT!" Selphie was right.

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"Why is it always me these things attack!?" Selphie turned around to the huge snake in front of her. It was a snake, poison green and long, except instead of a head, it had a woman's upper body. Long blonde hair fell over the mutated face as the monster leaned forwards, hissing "well, well, well... More food, I presume?"

"HOLD IT! SELPHIE TILMIT!" a red haired woman in uniform raced forwards, cocking her gun and pointing it at Selphie "you are supposed to be dead! What did Jiango do if he didn't destroy you!?"

"He was destroyed!" Livid stepped forwards, pulling out his gunblade "got a problem with it?!"

"Well... Zell's dead, Chasity, so we just take out Quistis and Selphie, and then we'll have taken them all out!" a black haired woman ran up on the other side of Vencita, nodding.

"Your right, Whitney... Let's fight!" a three on three battle lunged.

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"Hold it... What do you mean by taking all out!?" Salix said, a pestering question on her mind as the woman named Whitney finally fell, and the three heroes focused now on Chasity.

Chasity answered, recovering from an attack from Selphie's weapon "Miss Rinoa says that the specimen's calling out to people... so, we are destroying the last people he's so intoned with he can reach through telepathy! So far, now only Quistis and Selphie are left!"

"People he's intoned with...? Who are they?" Selphie asked, curing from an attack from the giant Vencita.

"Oh, you, Irvine Kinnease, Zell Dincht, Quistis Trepe, and Seifer Almasy..."

"... All of those except Selphie and Quistis are gone?" Livid asked, lunging at Chasity.

"Yes..." Chasity said, her eyes catching Salix's, who was whiter than a ghost.

"Se- Seifer Almasy is... gone?" she stuttered.

"YES!" Chasity cackled, attacking Salix hatefully, as though the girl didn't just get an experience of pain.

"No... no... no... Daddy... he's not... dead!" Salix dropped her staff, falling on her knees, then passing out.

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"Salix? Salix? Salix... Wake up..." Salix opened her eyes softly to the face of Livid, worried and sweaty.

"Livid... Where am I?" she sat up, gathering the familiarity of the hallway she passed out in. Vencita the snake lay in the corner, chopped to bits and smelling. Chasity and Whitney were gone, no sign they were ever here.

"We never moved from the current place... Selphie went to look for Quistis and her daughter..."

"!!! Sam! Where's Ysamla!?" she tried to stand up, yet fell onto Livid helplessly.

"Ow... Eh, heh... I mean, uh, Ysamla...? I don't know, Selphie went to look for them."

'Ysamla... traitor... will betray... all... Seifer... not lost... Ysamla... know where...' Salix remembered the stuttering voice of a young man in her dreams; those words, they were horrifying... So were the words of so many nights before. For a month now, Salix has been having dreams where she was running through darkness, a woman's voice calling to her, telling her to seek her 'destiny', too find the lost flame... none of this Salix understood. She was so caught up in thought that it took her a moment to realize a hand was sliding up her leg.

"! Livid..." she looked at him slowly, confused.

"Hm? Oh, sorry!" he yanked his hand away, dropping Salix on the ground in the process.

"... Okay... Where did Whitney and Chasity go to?" she actually hoped Livid would keep talking about the hand on leg thing, but still wanted to change the subject by instinct. She hated the fact that she was a woman who liked to play hard to get when she wanted to be gotten.

"Chasity took Whitney and booted when you sliced Vencita to bits... By the way, what was that?" Livid asked excitedly. This girl was getting more interesting by the minute.

"... ? What do you mean?" Salix asked.

"You fell out, and then all of the sudden black rings came out of nowhere and chopped the snake to stake bites."

"?... I don't think that had anything to do with me, Livid... I dun remember summoning any magic, and that's never happened before..." they both looked down, awkwardly.

"SAL!" Salix looked up quickly, before finding that there was a bright orange and yellow streak coming straight at her. She stood up just in time to catch Ysamla, who flew onto her and shoved her onto the ground, sobbing "DADDY! WE HAD TO LEAVE DADDY BEHIND! DID YOU SAVE DADDY!?"

"... Oh..." Salix looked at Vencita sadly 'Zell's dead. That's what Whitney said... She also said my dad was dead... I refuse to believe this!'

"... You didn't..." Ysamla asked, her eyes dimming from their brilliance.

"... No... not in time..." Salix sighed sadly "Sam, Seifer's gone too..."

"..." she just fell onto her friend's shoulder, a sobbing heap.

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Salix laid against the glass window, sobbing. 'Why do we fight?... I... can't fight any more... Too many people get hurt!' she thought, glancing at the staff that she had pried out of dead fingers. Daddy...? Mom? Where's she? Is it worth it? I should have died too? What can I do now? What about Garden? Where are Raijin and Rira? Am I alone now...? All of these questions zoomed through her head.

"... Salix?" Livid entered the pent house like room, turning to the sad looking girl in the window. "... Quistis says Ysamla is fine, and so is she. Everybody's okay, kay? Now, it's 12:05... Go to bed."

'Why?! Why do I have to?! Tonight, so many people can't sleep...! I never want to sleep, eat, be happy again...' Salix thought, but just muttered "... you're the one whose also awake..."

"Tilba put me on night shift... I have to guard the ship... We're still on Kiba, you know, monsters everywhere..." Livid sighed, walking over and leaning on the railing next to Salix.

"... Let me help..." Salix said, almost in a whisper form. She knew. Right this moment, she was staring at the black sea that clashed against the white shore, in the blue of moon struck night.

"... Okay, if you won't sleep, I can't make you..." he shrugged, staring out at the shore.

"... Thanks" Livid was so much different than any other man she had known, except for maybe her dad. Irvine or Zell would have carried her into her room, and locked the door when they left. Sabbath might even suggest staying in the room to make her feel better. But Livid was like her dad, worried but not really going to show that.

"Hmph... Salix, you'll still fight..." he wasn't asking.

"No, I won't... I can't... Even some monsters have families... and today, people's families were destroyed, by the millions..."

"And, if we don't fight against that, Jaromaru will continue to work in this manner, killing all who get in the way..." Livid stood up straight, the moon catching his figure, making him look that much bigger.

"... Livid... about earlier... you were rubbing my leg..."

"Uh... it was habit..."

"?... Was it?" she sat up straighter, scooting over and pressing her nose against his.

He leaned back, shocked "... You're... young..."

"And, so are you..."

He wrapped his arms around her, letting her rest her head on his chest "... why are you doing this???"

"You remind me of... My dad..."

"Then, you know not to take this farther..." he let go, turning away from her. She hoisted herself up onto his back, rubbing his shoulders. He flipped around, meeting her lips. It was accidental, never an intention by either, but it wasn't regretted. When he moved, she fell down, and being higher than him, she fell on him, and his lips. He slid his hands up her back, holding her close as she forgot all of her cruel intentions of teasing by not using her tongue, groping, or moaning tricks.

A half a minute passed of stillness, when finally Livid jerked away, letting her fall to the ground. He then turned, walking over and sitting down on a couch "sorry, tots, but I prefer my women little, attractive, sane, and sexually active."

"But... Livid... I don't believe in true love, but I also don't believe in kissing without getting what's coming to you... Or, I guess your too wuss to handle it..." she giggled, pulling herself up onto the railing. He stood up sharply, turning to her with anger and hate in his eyes "WHAT?"

"I said you were a wuss... I mean, that's the reason you didn't try to go further... You didn't want me to hurt you, huh?" she teased.

He pushed himself forwards, so quickly it was as if he was gliding. He leaned on her leg "... I want you, that's why, and I ain't used to that..."

"...? Huh?" she leaned back now a little scared as he leaned forwards harder.

He slid his hand under her hair, kissing her softly "12:12... Make a wish..."

Ding Saved by the bell. Before he could touch her in any other way, the doors opened sharply, making him jump back. Luckily, the incomer was too sleepy to see what was going on between Almasy and Locksmith. Ysamla walked in lazily, rubbing her eyes. She stopped, seeing Salix "Sal, your awake too?"

Salix nodded, relieved, but the relief sunk away when somebody entered in behind Ysamla. Sabbath. She had forgotten about him... She was too intoned with Livid, hearing such words coming out of him, and now her wish was complete; both boys would duke it out and she'd be left with the winner. Hell, she was shallow, as long as they were cute what would she care?

Sabbath looked from Salix, whose colors, red of embarrassment and white of fright, clashed confusedly, to Livid, who stood a ways off with his head down and innocent look on his face. 'He knows...' Salix thought, moaning in her head.

"Hey, what's with the long faces? You all are way too sad, do you know that?" Ysamla stepped forwards, noticing Livid, who looked up to greet her eyes. Her tan face faded into pink, blushing and flirty "... H- hi... My names Ysamla, I don't believe we've met..."

'NO! SAM, DON'T!' Salix's face grew red, and hot. Ysamla was about to strike again. This time, she'd strike Livid, and Salix wanted Livid.

Salix smiled slightly at the sight; when Ysamla tried to shake hands with Livid, Livid just nodded at her and backed up. 'Score for Salix'

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"Okay, well, see you around Livid! You're a very interesting guy!" Ysamla giggled as she left the room, heading back for bed. Now it was around 2 AM, and Salix was in love. Ysamla had been asking Livid about himself for the past hour, and Sabbath's lap had been her seat. She wanted to see if Livid would get jealous, so she sat on Sabbath's lap and let him play with a few body parts she otherwise would have slapped him for. She was a little horny from everything he kept touching.

"Okay..." Livid had barely said anything to Ysamla. He realized she was just admiring his body while she talked, and hated women like this. Most of the time, he glared at Salix.

"... Hmm... Uh..." Sabbath's face was bright red, but he was still yawning and passing out. Salix stood up, letting Sabbath's head fall over, as he was now fully asleep.

"Why did you do that?" Livid asked as Salix turned to leave. She looked at Sabbath, and then gestured for Livid to follow.

"Livid... Sabbath... I... We're kind of together..." Salix shrugged, walking through the door and shutting it, standing there as though making sure Sabbath wouldn't come out.

"I see..." Livid looked down, gulping.

"... But, I want you... more..." she leaned over, running her fingers through his hair, making him jump in shock.

"... D-... do you?" he said, scared of the answer.

"I don't know... be nice to see, though..." she shrugged, kissing him deeply. How her mood switched was appalling, but she was Fujin's kid.

"..." He didn't break the kiss, but leaned into it, wrapping his arms around her waist. She gulped, feeling a tongue run past her lips. But, more, she heard a few noises. It was an unzipping sound. She wanted to pull away, yell at him, or at least make him stop, but then again she didn't want to, she wanted to see what happened. She felt his hand glide up her dress, grip her undergarments, and slide them down. She wiggled in his grip, trying to escape, but suddenly melted when something warm entered her, sending a sensation through her body.

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Notes: I can say nusing, except for please keep reading...? So much tragedy in life... Waaah. ( Neways, thank you, Sorceress Venus, your reviews really have kept me writing. I'm always eager to see what people say about my work, I don't even care if I get flamed. And, letgo... Eh hee. Well, you see, I reread the chapters after they were posted on fanfic.net, and I realized: I need to start reading the chapters! O.O They took out the little stars I used as breakers, and therefore they were confusing. Now they have breakers, so you can tell when things are changing. Hee hee... If you will, reread the chapters, and they'll make more sense now.