Author's Notes: Well... You know what, I'm updating soon. I got a full FOUR
reviews. And already we have a winner in the contest. This someone was
having trouble logging in so e-mailed me their guess... And their answer was
right... But I'm not telling you who the two are. That is my friend's, the
one we're calling France, fault. She claimed this chapter ended in a
cliffhanger, and I'm not going to ruin it. But you know what... You can guess
who it is anyway... Second person to name the two guardians gets prize too...
Silver-nex: Sorry... Not Shiva and Ifrit. I can't use them twice! But Irvine and Zell AND Nida are mine too... But I'll be nice.... You can have them all on days where the date is odd, and I get even days.
InSaNe KeYbLaDeR: Sorry if you can't. We're gonna have another contest for something nearly as important a bit later.
faery-of-fiction: WOW! YAY! New reviewer. Not using Bahamut yet. I am glad you see the point... The whole picture won't be revealed till about chapter 15....
Chapter 8: Three Day Window
"Who turned on the sun?" Seifer whined, hiding his eyes in my hair.
I could not help but chuckle, "We need to wake up."
"Squ-ALL!" he again whined, touching my bare chest in a suggestive manner.
"We have three days to get to the Island Closest to Heaven," I mumbled, pulling away from him.
"What?!" he shouted, suddenly standing, blankets falling around his ankles. The golden light from the sun gave his body a bronzed glow. He really looked like the god he so often claimed to be. How badly I wanted to reach out and start something. But there is no time.
"You heard me. Shiva said we have 3 days to make it to the next place or we have no chance."
"You mean?"
"Yes... I guess Ifrit told you about the truth of our curse," I mumbled, looking away from him, remembering our passionate evening only hours before.
"Yeah... So we got three days to get wherever?"
"It's a day and a half hike back."
Quickly he took the hint. It only took the two of us ten minutes to change, pack up and get on our way. While heading back to the Ragnarok we talked about what we'd do once the curse was broken. Seifer said he was never again going to complain about paper work. I promised to spend more time with my family. Seifer vowed to find a way for us to marry. I said he must be joking. He decided he'd find a way for us to have a baby. I called him a crazy fool. He pointed out that he was my crazy fool, at that I loved him nonetheless. I admitted he was right. How could he keep me so happy when we are living on borrowed time?
It was only two days later that we were finally in the air. Though we'd been on the Ragnarok half a day, we were only just going. There had been something wrong with the computer in it, and it took forever to repair. We had a day to get to the next point or we'd have no hope. Already we were changing. So quickly my hair had grown longer with a bluish tint. Seifer's eyes were growing red. Both he and I were finding it difficult to be together with out tempers growing shorter and our nails more like claws. What a relief it was to be on our way.
It only took half a day to reach the Island Closest to Heaven. And where we were headed for was oh so obvious. Beauty has never been like this for mortal men. As Shiva had said, there was a glorious palace of gold by the sea. You could see it from far away. How had no one discovered it before? Carefully Seifer landed outside of the beautiful structure. It was the work of an hour to navigate ourselves through the corridors to the great courtyard, filled with runes of the ancient sort we'd come to recognize.
"Well, who do we summon?" Seifer asked.
"Shiva never said," I mumbled sadly.
We were doomed if we didn't figure it out and soon, "Hyne!" Seifer swore.
Suddenly the place sprung to life around us, shining and glowing. Seems the name of the ancient God Hyne was the answer....
Silver-nex: Sorry... Not Shiva and Ifrit. I can't use them twice! But Irvine and Zell AND Nida are mine too... But I'll be nice.... You can have them all on days where the date is odd, and I get even days.
InSaNe KeYbLaDeR: Sorry if you can't. We're gonna have another contest for something nearly as important a bit later.
faery-of-fiction: WOW! YAY! New reviewer. Not using Bahamut yet. I am glad you see the point... The whole picture won't be revealed till about chapter 15....
Chapter 8: Three Day Window
"Who turned on the sun?" Seifer whined, hiding his eyes in my hair.
I could not help but chuckle, "We need to wake up."
"Squ-ALL!" he again whined, touching my bare chest in a suggestive manner.
"We have three days to get to the Island Closest to Heaven," I mumbled, pulling away from him.
"What?!" he shouted, suddenly standing, blankets falling around his ankles. The golden light from the sun gave his body a bronzed glow. He really looked like the god he so often claimed to be. How badly I wanted to reach out and start something. But there is no time.
"You heard me. Shiva said we have 3 days to make it to the next place or we have no chance."
"You mean?"
"Yes... I guess Ifrit told you about the truth of our curse," I mumbled, looking away from him, remembering our passionate evening only hours before.
"Yeah... So we got three days to get wherever?"
"It's a day and a half hike back."
Quickly he took the hint. It only took the two of us ten minutes to change, pack up and get on our way. While heading back to the Ragnarok we talked about what we'd do once the curse was broken. Seifer said he was never again going to complain about paper work. I promised to spend more time with my family. Seifer vowed to find a way for us to marry. I said he must be joking. He decided he'd find a way for us to have a baby. I called him a crazy fool. He pointed out that he was my crazy fool, at that I loved him nonetheless. I admitted he was right. How could he keep me so happy when we are living on borrowed time?
It was only two days later that we were finally in the air. Though we'd been on the Ragnarok half a day, we were only just going. There had been something wrong with the computer in it, and it took forever to repair. We had a day to get to the next point or we'd have no hope. Already we were changing. So quickly my hair had grown longer with a bluish tint. Seifer's eyes were growing red. Both he and I were finding it difficult to be together with out tempers growing shorter and our nails more like claws. What a relief it was to be on our way.
It only took half a day to reach the Island Closest to Heaven. And where we were headed for was oh so obvious. Beauty has never been like this for mortal men. As Shiva had said, there was a glorious palace of gold by the sea. You could see it from far away. How had no one discovered it before? Carefully Seifer landed outside of the beautiful structure. It was the work of an hour to navigate ourselves through the corridors to the great courtyard, filled with runes of the ancient sort we'd come to recognize.
"Well, who do we summon?" Seifer asked.
"Shiva never said," I mumbled sadly.
We were doomed if we didn't figure it out and soon, "Hyne!" Seifer swore.
Suddenly the place sprung to life around us, shining and glowing. Seems the name of the ancient God Hyne was the answer....