Author's Notes: Well... I'm back... Had some reports to type, so I was delayed.
But we've got a nice long chapter for you. We're gonna have a nice little
competition now. It will go on till Chapter Nine or somebody wins... Read at
the bottom to find out more. The prize? Well... Whoever wins is going to help
me finish the story... YEP! So get your thinking caps on.
Silver-nex: That was the cutest little thing I've ever read... But Squall and Seifer are both mine... *hides from the wrath of Square* I don't own them of course... They are just slaves to my whims.
InSaNe KeYbLaDeR: Thank you for your review... I'm glad you like it so far... Yes I got the notebook back, but... The guy who took it... Well... That isn't a story I am going to tell. Ifrit does seem Seifer's Type, and I always have Shiva 1000 percent compatible with Squall in the game... How sad...
Chapter 7: Top Ten Ways to Warm Up
A pillar of ice right in the center of the circle, Shiva sitting upon it... She smiled so kindly at us, "Squall Leonheart, my dear, I knew you would continue on. And you've encouraged your fiery lover to continue as well," playfully Shiva waved a hand and it started to snow... But only on Seifer; Both Shiva and I knew we never had hard feelings towards Seifer for aiding a sorceress. Well, three, but still. Both of us knew Seifer was hard on himself about it, and being around the GF we'd most often used to beat him did not help. Her playful nature now relieved the tension.
"Very funny!" Seifer said, covering his head.
As Seifer chuckled, the snow stopped and sheets of ice that had to be two feet thick formed around us. I was reminded of Ifrit's ring of fire. The ice was not her normal crystals. It was smooth, and the thickness made it feel like cold stone. Deep inside the ice, cold water seemed to be flowing. Hearing a thud, I looked behind me, Seifer was laying out on the snow, if you will forgive the pun.
"What have you done?" I ask of Shiva.
"Same Ifrit did to you. He must confront Ifrit within himself to find the truth of the curse, while I test you here. If he cannot face what he learns, he will die, as you would have. But Ifrit will make sure he accepts this."
I touch his cheek, he was burning up, but I guess I am icy when I am dealing with Shiva. The Guardian by the same name was staring at me, "Sooner we go through this, the better for us all."
Nodding, I stand. She gestures to the ice around us and images form. Many of me alone, some with Ellone and my father, not as many with me and my friends fighting Ultimecia. How could I help but move to a picture of my mother Raine with Laguna and their adoptive daughter Ellone? I touch the cheek of the image of my mother, Shiva's question of how far I'd go to protect my family.
"Don't tell Laguna.... But I'd die for him and Ellone. And my mother also were she alive."
"For your friends?"
"The same."
"And Seifer?"
"How can I explain what I would do for Seifer? I'd give up family, friends, my Garden, my beliefs!"
Smiling, Shiva let part of the ice melt, "Thrust your hand into the water and let it purify you, and thus purify Seifer. You must reach the next destination in no more than 3 days or you will not be able to be saved."
"WHAT!? It took us a day and a half to get here. We've spent half a day here... That is two days. A Day left to find the place is not enough!"
"But it will have to do," Shiva assured me.
So angrily I thrust my hand into the freezing water as Shiva gave me the next piece of the puzzle, "A night to yourselves, I must first decree, before you set out to a palace near the sea. And in that holy, sacred light, two heavenly guardians aide your plight."
Then she and the ice were gone, leaving me with Seifer. My right hand felt deadly cold and I knew Seifer was losing warmth. Hastily I set up a tent and crawled in with Seifer. Soon afterwards he awoke shivering. I pulled out a blanket from my pack and placed it over us. Slowly I snuggled up against my awakened lover.
"What is your favorite way to warm up inside and out?" Seifer asked me.
"Well, hot chocolate..."
"A thick blanket," he encouraged.
"Nice fire all crackling warm," I laughed.
"Sunning on the beach," he added.
"Running around Garden trying to get to class on time," Seifer mused on his responsibility of covering for instructors who are ill.
"Dueling you," I supplied, this was becoming one of those top ten lists Selphie loved to post on her Garden Newsletters.
"Days with Cid and Edea and the orphanage gang, just remembering," he said grinning.
"Time with my father and Ellone in the capital and ignoring my responsibilities," I said wistfully, thinking of what we could never do again if we failed, "And being with you, sleeping in the early morning."
Under this warm blanket Seifer pulls me into his arms. His body is so hot, warm, inviting. So he said what I could not, "Making love to each other?"
I nodded, both agreeing and permitting. Under the stars we were together, like never before. And maybe never again...
Okay... Here is our contest. As you heard in Shiva's riddle, the next place has two guardians... The first person to successfully name the two guardians before chapter nine is going to help me with the story. I can only tell them how... But think of creative things... Yes... It is important.
Silver-nex: That was the cutest little thing I've ever read... But Squall and Seifer are both mine... *hides from the wrath of Square* I don't own them of course... They are just slaves to my whims.
InSaNe KeYbLaDeR: Thank you for your review... I'm glad you like it so far... Yes I got the notebook back, but... The guy who took it... Well... That isn't a story I am going to tell. Ifrit does seem Seifer's Type, and I always have Shiva 1000 percent compatible with Squall in the game... How sad...
Chapter 7: Top Ten Ways to Warm Up
A pillar of ice right in the center of the circle, Shiva sitting upon it... She smiled so kindly at us, "Squall Leonheart, my dear, I knew you would continue on. And you've encouraged your fiery lover to continue as well," playfully Shiva waved a hand and it started to snow... But only on Seifer; Both Shiva and I knew we never had hard feelings towards Seifer for aiding a sorceress. Well, three, but still. Both of us knew Seifer was hard on himself about it, and being around the GF we'd most often used to beat him did not help. Her playful nature now relieved the tension.
"Very funny!" Seifer said, covering his head.
As Seifer chuckled, the snow stopped and sheets of ice that had to be two feet thick formed around us. I was reminded of Ifrit's ring of fire. The ice was not her normal crystals. It was smooth, and the thickness made it feel like cold stone. Deep inside the ice, cold water seemed to be flowing. Hearing a thud, I looked behind me, Seifer was laying out on the snow, if you will forgive the pun.
"What have you done?" I ask of Shiva.
"Same Ifrit did to you. He must confront Ifrit within himself to find the truth of the curse, while I test you here. If he cannot face what he learns, he will die, as you would have. But Ifrit will make sure he accepts this."
I touch his cheek, he was burning up, but I guess I am icy when I am dealing with Shiva. The Guardian by the same name was staring at me, "Sooner we go through this, the better for us all."
Nodding, I stand. She gestures to the ice around us and images form. Many of me alone, some with Ellone and my father, not as many with me and my friends fighting Ultimecia. How could I help but move to a picture of my mother Raine with Laguna and their adoptive daughter Ellone? I touch the cheek of the image of my mother, Shiva's question of how far I'd go to protect my family.
"Don't tell Laguna.... But I'd die for him and Ellone. And my mother also were she alive."
"For your friends?"
"The same."
"And Seifer?"
"How can I explain what I would do for Seifer? I'd give up family, friends, my Garden, my beliefs!"
Smiling, Shiva let part of the ice melt, "Thrust your hand into the water and let it purify you, and thus purify Seifer. You must reach the next destination in no more than 3 days or you will not be able to be saved."
"WHAT!? It took us a day and a half to get here. We've spent half a day here... That is two days. A Day left to find the place is not enough!"
"But it will have to do," Shiva assured me.
So angrily I thrust my hand into the freezing water as Shiva gave me the next piece of the puzzle, "A night to yourselves, I must first decree, before you set out to a palace near the sea. And in that holy, sacred light, two heavenly guardians aide your plight."
Then she and the ice were gone, leaving me with Seifer. My right hand felt deadly cold and I knew Seifer was losing warmth. Hastily I set up a tent and crawled in with Seifer. Soon afterwards he awoke shivering. I pulled out a blanket from my pack and placed it over us. Slowly I snuggled up against my awakened lover.
"What is your favorite way to warm up inside and out?" Seifer asked me.
"Well, hot chocolate..."
"A thick blanket," he encouraged.
"Nice fire all crackling warm," I laughed.
"Sunning on the beach," he added.
"Running around Garden trying to get to class on time," Seifer mused on his responsibility of covering for instructors who are ill.
"Dueling you," I supplied, this was becoming one of those top ten lists Selphie loved to post on her Garden Newsletters.
"Days with Cid and Edea and the orphanage gang, just remembering," he said grinning.
"Time with my father and Ellone in the capital and ignoring my responsibilities," I said wistfully, thinking of what we could never do again if we failed, "And being with you, sleeping in the early morning."
Under this warm blanket Seifer pulls me into his arms. His body is so hot, warm, inviting. So he said what I could not, "Making love to each other?"
I nodded, both agreeing and permitting. Under the stars we were together, like never before. And maybe never again...
Okay... Here is our contest. As you heard in Shiva's riddle, the next place has two guardians... The first person to successfully name the two guardians before chapter nine is going to help me with the story. I can only tell them how... But think of creative things... Yes... It is important.