Hearts in Ice
Chapter Six: The Trouble With Love
Summary
Shiva goes to Tidus one night as Dina, but something happens, causing her to run back to her little grove of trees. But Yu Yevon is there, and he has a threat against Tidus.
Note
I think you guys have already heard of Requiem of Deadly Silence copying my story right? Well, just to go ahead and let the people know, chapter two of that piece of crap Ice, is actually hers. Observe the poor spelling and lack of good grammar. How is she going to portray Shiva like that then tell people to back off from her? Shiva and Yu Yevon are NOT, keyword there, NOT together anymore! AND SHIVA IS NOT A WHORE LIKE SHE PORTRAYED HER! Grrr...I need to stop yelling about this girl, it's bad for my blood pressure.
Rikku stirred the thick stew, yawning from the lack of interesting events. Yuna was chopping carrots silently while Lulu cut off thick pieces of leftover salted mutton from last night's meal. Auron and Wakka sat talking about finding a way out of Macalania Woods and to the Highroad of Bevelle. Tidus came back from the woods, his arms laden with fire wood.
Wakka looked at the young boy in a fatherly way.
"Tidus, your wounds can still reopen! You shouldn't be carrying fire wood or anything that's heavy. Lay those logs down and I will get them in a second."
Tidus ignored this request and walked right passed the other boy.
"That isn't normal." Wakka said to no one in particular.
'It really isn't normal.' He thought.
He chased down Tidus and scolded him again.
"Umm, hello? Is anyone living in there??"
Wakka knocked on the younger boy's head.
"Huh, what?"
"What is up with you?"
"Oh sorry, just zoned out I guess."
"Well hand me those logs. You are going to hurt yourself if you carry that heavy stuff."
"I'm fine."
Wakka glared at him doubtfully.
"Okay fine." He surrendered and handed Wakka the wood.
"You've been actin' weird lately Tidus. What is up with you?"
"Oh, uh, nothing. It's nothing."
'I wish it was only nothing.' Tidus thought, wondering over to where Lulu was adding the salted mutton to the pot of stew.
But there was a certain Aeon haunting his thoughts again. He thought that the pains of working more would keep his mind off Shiva, but she was always there.
In his dreams.
In his thoughts.
In his very soul.
But that one girl at the pond stayed with him as well. Tidus smiled when he thought of Dina's shocked expression when he turned and caught her staring at him, then the loud splash that followed. Tidus slapped himself mentally, scolding himself for the way he was acting. He had known neither Shiva nor Dina for even a full month yet, and he was already losing sleep because of one or the other. it his mind, it was completely chaotic. He knew that sooner or later he would have to choose between Shiva or Dina, and the thoughts of that day were driving him insane.
"Tidus!"
A hot bowel of soup flew towards the silent blonde, landing his lap and pouring it's steaming contents over his lap. He leapt up with a hiss of pain, the bowel falling the ground with a loud shatter. He shot a glare in Rikku's direction, who in in turn pointed to a girl in a simple powder blue, one strap style dress. Her long brown hair was woven into a single braid that gently grazed her tailbone. Her eyes caught the attention of everyone. Her dark lined eyes were colored with a pale blue, her cheeks a sparkling blush. And her lips were taunting with their sparkling beauty.
Tidus looked at the girl in amazement. Such beauty. He had seen her somewhere. What was her name... could it be? Is it really....
"Dina?" The girl looked down at her hands, as if embarrassed by her beauty, and Tidus silently walked over to the young maiden.
"You....you're so beautiful...I have never seen something so...so...amazing."
Rikku and Wakka watched from the sidelines, spoons sticking out of their mouths. Lulu looked at the two spectators in disgust as she and Auron left the couple with as much privacy as possible. Yuna looked at the new girl with a look of disapproval and continued sipping her soup. Tidus wrapped an arm around the girl's shoulders, the other hand petting her hair. "I haven't seen you in so long...where did you go?"
"I..I...uh...I was...uh...I was at the temple."
"For five days?"
She nodded shyly and Tidus looked down at her.
"Why didn't you come visit me before?"
She still kept her gaze locked on the ground silently.
"It doesn't matter...you're here now." He said, smiling like an idiot.
'Oh my God, what am I saying?! She probably thinks I'm a complete pervert!' Tidus thought, his smile hiding his thoughts.
Dina blushed and moved from his hold. She finally noticed the two extra pairs of eyes watching them and turned to Tidus.
"Is there somewhere that we can go to talk alone?" Dina asked in a low voice.
Tidus finally snapped back to reality and turned his gaze around to see Rikku and Wakka quickly start shoving their chilled soup into their mouths. He smiled and nodded, holding his arm out to her.
"We can go to the pond and talk." She smiled at him and accepted his arm.
They made their way down the wooded path, completely unaware of the happy looks of Rikku and Wakka, the 'Typical Teenagers' look from Auron and Lulu, and Dina was receiving the jealous look from Yuna. As for Kimahri, he was too busy with his soup to care.
The two of them sat in awkward silence, their feet dangling in the pond. They looked down at their laps, every once in a while one would sneak a glance at the other, then quickly turn away before found. Tidus was the one to break the silence that had enveloped them.
"So uh...you wanted to talk to me right?"
"I just want to know something about you. It seems we are going to be friends anyway, and we don't even know anything about each other."
Tidus looked up at the woman sitting next to him.
"Yeah I guess you're right."
He sat for a second, thinking about what to say.
"I guess I will tell you about my past I guess."
He cleared his throat and looked up at the night sky. He took a deep breath and began with his story about his past.
"My mother Andrea was a beautiful woman. Her hair was a dark caramel blonde, and her eyes were the purest shade of blue ever." Dina looked at Tidus and smiled.
"From what you have described you are a lot like her. At least by looks that is."
"So I have heard. Anyways. I was always the second hand man in my house. When my father was out, I was always the best. My mother loved me more than anything in the world, but when my father would return from wherever he was, he would always push me out of the way. During that time, I was nothing to my mother."
Without thinking Dina laid her hand on his. "So you were always second best to your father."
"Yes." He ignored the hand, he actually didn't want it to leave.
"I was always staying away from other kids, so I didn't have many friends. I stayed away because the way my mom acted, I thought there was no use in making friends if someone else is going to come along and push me away. I was alone for a long time."
Dina felt a knot in the pit of her stomach. Even though she was the Ice Queen, she couldn't help but feel pity for the boy seated beside her. Wait, did she just feel...Pity? She didn't have time to reflect on her emotions as Tidus continued his story.
"My father was a Blitzball star. The talk of town and the subject of children's bedtime stories. I thought if I became a Blitzball hero like my dad was, my mom would actually see me when my old man was around. So after he disappeared, I joined the Zanarkand Abes."
"So you got friends then?"
"No. Actually then I still didn't have friends, all I had was fans."
"What is so different about them?"
"Fans don't love you. Fans only love your image and what you do. They only love that you can do something like singing or sports well enough to entertain them. If you fail them, they fail you, and you no longer have the fan's support."
Dina felt Tidus's hand clench into a fist under her hand, so she adjusted her own to enclose around his. Tidus looked up into her smiling face, and smiled back.
"I'm sorry, I've rambled on long enough." He wiped away the tears that had threatened to appear, and looked at Dina.
"Well, enough about me. Why don't you tell me about you?" Dina froze.
What was she going to tell him? That she joined with the first Shiva over a thousand years ago, and that the person she was now was just an image of who she was then? She looked down at the silver fish that had come to observe the foreign objects in their pond. Dina moved her foot slightly and sent the curious fish back across the pond.
"Dina? What's wrong?" Tidus asked, gently stroking Dina's hand.
Dina smiled at him gently, and stood. Tidus turned and saw her walk to the edge of the pond. She turned and looked at him.
"There nothing you need to know about me." She said, dipping her toe in the water.
Tidus came to stand beside her, looking at their reflections in the water.
"Nothing? Nothing at all?"
Dina shook her head, then looked into across the water to the shimmering, surrounding woods of Macalania.
"Except for this one thing."
Tidus looked at her, eyes anxious and waiting.
"Don't fall in love with me."
Tidus smiled at her, then placed his hands on her shoulders.
"I think," He turned her to face him, her expression slightly shocked.
"It's a little too late to say that."
He wrapped his arms around Dina's waist and pulled her close to him. He leaned his forehead against her own, smiling his typical sweet smile. His lips grazed hers gently, sending shivers up her spine. Before Dina knew what she was doing, she was responding to the gentle flicks of his tongue. She gave in to the soft flicks, opening to let his tongue explore the warm, soft walls of her mouth. Their tongues were soft velvet against each other. Teasing each other and trying to claim dominance. Then reality hit her, the sudden thought hit her of what she was doing and quickly pulled away.
"I...I have to go, Tidus." She turned to go, but Tidus grabbed her wrist. She turned to see him, looking saddened by her actions.
"Will I see you again?" He asked, his voice low and husky.
Dina looked down at the ground, then back into Tidus's eyes.
"I don't know Tidus, I really don't know."
In his state of hurt, he let her go running into the depths of the woods, shimmering rivulets of tears cascading down her cheeks. She found the grove of trees she left her necklace in, only to find that someone had come to pay a little visit.
"Well, well, well. It seems like you manage to get a man even while you are the Ice Goddess."
Dina turned her head around quickly and saw Yu Yevon leaning against the trunk of a tree. He looked at her with deep green eyes and smiled ominously.
"Well, no matter. You will forever belong to me. Shiva or Dina, it makes no difference."
Dina quickly clasped the necklace around her neck, then ran towards Yu as her skin began to turn blue and Shiva's appearance began to dominate Dina's. She lashed out with her sharp nails, only to have him dodge her otherwise lethal strike. He enclosed his hand around her throat and started to squeeze.
"You will be mine again, even if I have to kill to make it that way." He attempted to kiss her, only to be slapped by the angered Ice Queen.
"Who could you kill that would possibly make me come back to you?" Shiva yelled finally breaking his grip.
Yu looked at her dangerously, and leaned and whispered into her ear.
"Your little friend, Tidus."
END- ACK! Yu Yevon wants to kill Tidus?! What will Shiva do?! You have to review to find out!!! I would like to thank my best friend Dark Pyro Angel for helping me out with this chapter! Thank you so much! And to my reviewers, you guys are so special to me! Thank you so much!!