Hearts in Ice Chapter Seven: Choice of Consequence
Summary
After Yu Yevon's threat, he takes Shiva's necklace, leaving her completely helpless. Without the power of the Ice Queen with her, she is left to look like Dina and is left with her mortal weakness. While Yevon commences a beating on the girl, Tidus comes on the scene just in time. But will Yevon reveal Shiva's secret?
Note
-Ducks and dodges tomatoes- Sorry! I haven't been able to update for a while because I have been up at my grandparent's for a while. So amongst the goats, dogs, turkeys, and chickens running around I have a bunch of rabid cousins that have delayed my update considerably! Plus I got saved!!! YAY FOR ME! It is really a wonderful feeling and I have just been on Cloud 9 since that night! Well, here's chapter seven
Shiva and Yevon lashed out at each other, ice and a long steel blade switching between the two duelists. Shiva leapt up in a tree and held her fingers up to her lips, ready to unleash a wave of ice on the man below her. But when she looked down, Yevon wasn't below her any more.
"Big mistake, Dina."
Yevon's arm snaked around Shiva's neck and held the Ice Aeon fast. She felt the necklace around her neck go tight, and she began to panic. 'No! By the deity don't let him break it!' Shiva's panicked thoughts echoed through her mind.
The necklace held her icy powers that she inherited from the first
Shiva, but without it, she was like an ordinary mortal. Without that
necklace, she was the Aeon of Ice in name only.
The blade of Yevon's sword made a trail down Shiva's arm, leaving a scarlet trail in it's wake. Shiva hissed in pain, but refused to let him see her tears. Yevon chuckled when the blood on the blade froze and fell off of the blade in red ice crystals.
"I'm not Dina anymore. I am the Aeon of-Ah!" Shiva hissed when the cold steel made a thin cut across the tender flesh of her throat.
"You are still Dina to me, and you always will be. So therefore," Yevon pulled on the necklace. "You don't need this."
The icy beads fell from the frail silver chain that held them around Shiva's neck and fell to the ground below them. Shiva's cerulean hair turned to deep cocoa brown, her pale blue skin turned pale cream. Her nails shortened and returned to a warm fleshy color. Then the silken powder blue material of her single strapped dress cascaded to her ankles. Yevon pushed her off the branch with his foot and watched her make a short but painful fall to the ground below. Shiva looked at herself, then looked at the satisfied look in Yevon's eyes.
"I'm still trying to decide if you look better as Dina or as Shiva. A very difficult choice." He gave a chuckle and moved towards her.
Shiva stood on her weakened mortal legs, staggering slightly from the fall she painfully endured. Blue lightening flashed in her eyes when she turned to face him in all her fury.
"I gave up being Dina over a thousand years ago to become Shiva so I could stop you!"
Yevon glared at her, a spark of anger flickered in his deep green eyes. How could she call herself Shiva when she is nothing more than a tool for him to take over all of Spira? Was she really willing to serve him just to save the people of this pitiful world?
'Of course she is! She is a stubborn woman and will do anything to protect the people!' Yevon thought as he looked at Shiva staring at him in a blue fury.
"You will never truly be Shiva! Your powers were given to you by the first Shiva to try and stop me! A failed attempt it was if you haven't been able to for over a millennium."
Yevon's fist collided with Shiva's left cheek, sending her sprawling on the ground and causing the gown to travel up to her knees. She lay on the ground, a small trickle of blood coming from the corner of her mouth. The beads of her necklace caught a beam of moonlight and shimmered brightly. The broken silver chain lay a few inches away from the decorations it once held; Shiva reached up and touched the small infliction it had made when Yu Yevon ripped it from her neck. She looked up from her place on the ground to see Yevon moving towards her with his sword drawn and a furious look on his face.
"It's time to choose Dina! Me, or that Blitzball player?"
Shiva managed to set on her knees, still dizzy from the punch. Without her powers, she was as weak and frail as any mortal woman. She looked at him with a look of defiance. She never thought in her role as the Queen of Ice that she could ever learn to love someone. But after she met Tidus, after what he said to her at the pond, she thought she was falling for him. Even if it was Dina's image that he loved.
"I would rather rot than be with you again!" Shiva screamed, tears pouring down her cream colored cheeks.
An ominous scowl came across Yevon's features. He raised the sword towards the sky, the blade reflecting moonlight from it's polished surface.
"So be it!"
Tidus was coming back from the pond, drying his hair with a thin towel. He questioned himself over telling Dina that he loved her.
'The way she ran off like that was almost like she hated the thoughts of being loved...Is it my fault for telling her?'
Tidus sighed and sat on a rock, his damp hair falling down to shade his eyes. An ear-piercing scream pierced the silence, causing the blonde to awaken from his train of thought. He leapt up and ran towards the source of the scream. A thicket of trees and branches blocked his way, but he pushed his way through the thick brush and found himself in a clearing facing a man swinging a sword around. Tidus watched in silence, and when the blade came up, it came up with a smear of blood on the blade. He could hear muffled sobs coming from behind the man, and a piece of powder blue silk caught his eye. "Dina!" Tidus ran up behind the man and leapt onto his back.
Yevon looked away from a horribly beaten Shiva to try and throw off the Blitzball star on his back. But Tidus had a death grip and wasn't planning on letting go anytime soon.
Or so he thought.
Yevon threw him to the ground and picked his fallen sword back up and headed back towards Shiva. Tidus picked himself up off the ground and ran for the man again. He moved in front off him in one quick motion and punched the man in the jaw, then the nose, then in the right cheek.
"Who are you?! And why are you hurting Dina?!" Tidus asked, moving towards the brown haired male.
Yevon spat on the ground and left a small pool of thick crimson on the ground a few feet from him. He got up and swung at Tidus to no avail, the blonde's agile form dodged the blows every time.
"I will not tell you my name little boy. But I can assure you that the girl before you isn't who you think she is."
Shiva winced in pain as she rose up and locked gazes with Tidus. Tears streamed down her cheeks from the pain of the open wounds across her back, stomach, arms, and legs. Blood stained her torn dress and hands from her trying to stop the bleeding from the wounds she could reach.
Tidus looked at her condition, rage filling him to the brim. He lashed out at Yevon again, his fist hitting air.
"Your mortal blows have no lasting affect on me!"
Tidus whipped around to see Yevon laughing at his poor attempts.
"You will pay for hurting Dina!"
He ran towards Yevon, but the more powerful of the two fighters easily knocked him to the ground. Yevon towered above Tidus as he lay on the ground and a smile came over his features.
"I guess it is time for you to learn this girl's secrets." Yevon turned to Shiva and laughed.
Shiva looked at Tidus, then her gaze flickered back to Yevon.
"No! Please! Please don't tell him!"
Tidus pushed himself up off the ground and ran over to embrace the woman whom he thought was Dina. But Yevon had news for him.
"You may think that girl you hold now is Dina, but you have been deceived this whole time."
Tidus gave him a furious looked and hugged Shiva closer to him. He stroked her blood-matted hair gently before verbally attacking Yevon.
"Well if this isn't Dina, then who is it?!" He yelled angrily.
Yevon laughed then held up Shiva's necklace. The necklace looked as if it had never been broken, and glinted in the moonlight in perfect condition.
"That is Shiva, the Queen of Ice."
END- Gomen nasai!!! But I have lots of work to do...And I'll try to update soon! Sayonara and review!!!
Summary
After Yu Yevon's threat, he takes Shiva's necklace, leaving her completely helpless. Without the power of the Ice Queen with her, she is left to look like Dina and is left with her mortal weakness. While Yevon commences a beating on the girl, Tidus comes on the scene just in time. But will Yevon reveal Shiva's secret?
Note
-Ducks and dodges tomatoes- Sorry! I haven't been able to update for a while because I have been up at my grandparent's for a while. So amongst the goats, dogs, turkeys, and chickens running around I have a bunch of rabid cousins that have delayed my update considerably! Plus I got saved!!! YAY FOR ME! It is really a wonderful feeling and I have just been on Cloud 9 since that night! Well, here's chapter seven
Shiva and Yevon lashed out at each other, ice and a long steel blade switching between the two duelists. Shiva leapt up in a tree and held her fingers up to her lips, ready to unleash a wave of ice on the man below her. But when she looked down, Yevon wasn't below her any more.
"Big mistake, Dina."
Yevon's arm snaked around Shiva's neck and held the Ice Aeon fast. She felt the necklace around her neck go tight, and she began to panic. 'No! By the deity don't let him break it!' Shiva's panicked thoughts echoed through her mind.
The necklace held her icy powers that she inherited from the first
Shiva, but without it, she was like an ordinary mortal. Without that
necklace, she was the Aeon of Ice in name only.
The blade of Yevon's sword made a trail down Shiva's arm, leaving a scarlet trail in it's wake. Shiva hissed in pain, but refused to let him see her tears. Yevon chuckled when the blood on the blade froze and fell off of the blade in red ice crystals.
"I'm not Dina anymore. I am the Aeon of-Ah!" Shiva hissed when the cold steel made a thin cut across the tender flesh of her throat.
"You are still Dina to me, and you always will be. So therefore," Yevon pulled on the necklace. "You don't need this."
The icy beads fell from the frail silver chain that held them around Shiva's neck and fell to the ground below them. Shiva's cerulean hair turned to deep cocoa brown, her pale blue skin turned pale cream. Her nails shortened and returned to a warm fleshy color. Then the silken powder blue material of her single strapped dress cascaded to her ankles. Yevon pushed her off the branch with his foot and watched her make a short but painful fall to the ground below. Shiva looked at herself, then looked at the satisfied look in Yevon's eyes.
"I'm still trying to decide if you look better as Dina or as Shiva. A very difficult choice." He gave a chuckle and moved towards her.
Shiva stood on her weakened mortal legs, staggering slightly from the fall she painfully endured. Blue lightening flashed in her eyes when she turned to face him in all her fury.
"I gave up being Dina over a thousand years ago to become Shiva so I could stop you!"
Yevon glared at her, a spark of anger flickered in his deep green eyes. How could she call herself Shiva when she is nothing more than a tool for him to take over all of Spira? Was she really willing to serve him just to save the people of this pitiful world?
'Of course she is! She is a stubborn woman and will do anything to protect the people!' Yevon thought as he looked at Shiva staring at him in a blue fury.
"You will never truly be Shiva! Your powers were given to you by the first Shiva to try and stop me! A failed attempt it was if you haven't been able to for over a millennium."
Yevon's fist collided with Shiva's left cheek, sending her sprawling on the ground and causing the gown to travel up to her knees. She lay on the ground, a small trickle of blood coming from the corner of her mouth. The beads of her necklace caught a beam of moonlight and shimmered brightly. The broken silver chain lay a few inches away from the decorations it once held; Shiva reached up and touched the small infliction it had made when Yu Yevon ripped it from her neck. She looked up from her place on the ground to see Yevon moving towards her with his sword drawn and a furious look on his face.
"It's time to choose Dina! Me, or that Blitzball player?"
Shiva managed to set on her knees, still dizzy from the punch. Without her powers, she was as weak and frail as any mortal woman. She looked at him with a look of defiance. She never thought in her role as the Queen of Ice that she could ever learn to love someone. But after she met Tidus, after what he said to her at the pond, she thought she was falling for him. Even if it was Dina's image that he loved.
"I would rather rot than be with you again!" Shiva screamed, tears pouring down her cream colored cheeks.
An ominous scowl came across Yevon's features. He raised the sword towards the sky, the blade reflecting moonlight from it's polished surface.
"So be it!"
Tidus was coming back from the pond, drying his hair with a thin towel. He questioned himself over telling Dina that he loved her.
'The way she ran off like that was almost like she hated the thoughts of being loved...Is it my fault for telling her?'
Tidus sighed and sat on a rock, his damp hair falling down to shade his eyes. An ear-piercing scream pierced the silence, causing the blonde to awaken from his train of thought. He leapt up and ran towards the source of the scream. A thicket of trees and branches blocked his way, but he pushed his way through the thick brush and found himself in a clearing facing a man swinging a sword around. Tidus watched in silence, and when the blade came up, it came up with a smear of blood on the blade. He could hear muffled sobs coming from behind the man, and a piece of powder blue silk caught his eye. "Dina!" Tidus ran up behind the man and leapt onto his back.
Yevon looked away from a horribly beaten Shiva to try and throw off the Blitzball star on his back. But Tidus had a death grip and wasn't planning on letting go anytime soon.
Or so he thought.
Yevon threw him to the ground and picked his fallen sword back up and headed back towards Shiva. Tidus picked himself up off the ground and ran for the man again. He moved in front off him in one quick motion and punched the man in the jaw, then the nose, then in the right cheek.
"Who are you?! And why are you hurting Dina?!" Tidus asked, moving towards the brown haired male.
Yevon spat on the ground and left a small pool of thick crimson on the ground a few feet from him. He got up and swung at Tidus to no avail, the blonde's agile form dodged the blows every time.
"I will not tell you my name little boy. But I can assure you that the girl before you isn't who you think she is."
Shiva winced in pain as she rose up and locked gazes with Tidus. Tears streamed down her cheeks from the pain of the open wounds across her back, stomach, arms, and legs. Blood stained her torn dress and hands from her trying to stop the bleeding from the wounds she could reach.
Tidus looked at her condition, rage filling him to the brim. He lashed out at Yevon again, his fist hitting air.
"Your mortal blows have no lasting affect on me!"
Tidus whipped around to see Yevon laughing at his poor attempts.
"You will pay for hurting Dina!"
He ran towards Yevon, but the more powerful of the two fighters easily knocked him to the ground. Yevon towered above Tidus as he lay on the ground and a smile came over his features.
"I guess it is time for you to learn this girl's secrets." Yevon turned to Shiva and laughed.
Shiva looked at Tidus, then her gaze flickered back to Yevon.
"No! Please! Please don't tell him!"
Tidus pushed himself up off the ground and ran over to embrace the woman whom he thought was Dina. But Yevon had news for him.
"You may think that girl you hold now is Dina, but you have been deceived this whole time."
Tidus gave him a furious looked and hugged Shiva closer to him. He stroked her blood-matted hair gently before verbally attacking Yevon.
"Well if this isn't Dina, then who is it?!" He yelled angrily.
Yevon laughed then held up Shiva's necklace. The necklace looked as if it had never been broken, and glinted in the moonlight in perfect condition.
"That is Shiva, the Queen of Ice."
END- Gomen nasai!!! But I have lots of work to do...And I'll try to update soon! Sayonara and review!!!