"I ONLY WANTED THEIR STRENGHT! I DIDN'T WANT TO BECOME ONE!" Nashtru growled, holding out his fist to the GF's, the veins popping out of his hand and forehead. "ALL BECAUSE OF THAT INDECINT TWENTY THOUSAND YEARS AGO!"

"Twenty thousand years ago?" Cerberus asked, lowering his head to think.

"LONG TIME HASN'T IT?"

"WHEN I WAS HUMAN, I WAS THE MOST POWERFUL SPELLCATER IN THE WORLD THANKS TO YOU GF'S! BUT WITHOUT THEM, I WAS WEAK AND PITIFUL! I GUESS THAT WHAT START THIS ALL" Nashtru scratched his head and held his chin in his right hand. "I USED MY MAGIC TO GAIN ENTRY TO THIS WORLD AND FROM HERE I MADE MY ATTACK… CONVERTING THE GF'S STRENGHT INTO MY OWN!!!"

"But it didn't turn out the way you plan, now did it?" Cerberus asked with a sinister grin and hard glowing eyes. Nashtru frowned and turned his back to the GF's.

"YOU REMEMBER, YOU WERE THERE CERBERUS…"

"You were there Cerberus?" Siren asked lending into the three-headed dog. Cerberus didn't answer.

"What is this crack pot talking about?! Tell us!" Ifrit and Diablos demanded, towering over Cerberus.

"Guys! Leave Cerberus alone!" Shiva shouted at the two. Ifrit and Diablos turned to face Shiva, who was walking up to them. "What's wrong with you two?" Ifrit and Diablos didn't answer but turned away. Shiva shook her head and crouched down next to Cerberus, resting one hand on Cerberus's back. "What happen back then?"

"Twenty thousand years ago…" the top head began to say

"Nashtru attack, killing GF's and stole their power…" the right head added in.

"He placed their powers into himself, but then something happen…something I can't really remember" the left head spoke up, pausing at the end.

"We rose up against him and fought back… after all, he was in our world" the top head finished off.

"YES! YOU ALL DID VERY WELL, EXPECT ONLY ONE THING HAPPEN…"

"THE GF's ALL STOOD UP TO ME AND ATTACK AS ONE. I ADMIT IT WAS ALL TOO MUCH FOR ME TO HANDLE, EVEN WITH THE COLLECTED STRENGTH I WAS NO MATCH! NEAR THE END I USED THE MAGICSPELL 'MAGIC DRAIN' JUST AS THEIR ATTACK HIT ME AND THEN…"

"You were supposed to be dead after that!" Cerberus growled, digging his nails into the gravel. Nashtru crossed his arms and smirked, baring his teeth at the dog and the other GF's.

"I WAS, I TRULY WAS. BUT IT WAS ALL THANKS TO YOU GF's"

"What?!" Ifrit shouted, stepping in front of Cerberus. "How could we help you, when you're DEAD!"

"EASY! ITS SEEMS MY SPELL DID WORK, BUT TOOK SOME TIME. INSTEAD OF BEING DEAD I WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE DESERT OF FORGOTTEN TIME, WHERE I WAS SLOWLY SCATTERED THROUGH TIME. BUT THANKS AGAIN I GAIN YOUR STRENGTHS FROM THAT FINAL ATTACK…"

"And instead of your life been taken away…" Diablos added in.

"It was our power that kept you alive, for all this time" Shiva finished. Nashtru clapped his mighty hands and laughed. The GF's didn't know what to think. All this time, it was their power that was scattered in time and not Nashtru life. They could just feel a small part of themselves inside that dark creature.

"AND NOW THAT I'M BACK… I'LL FINISH WHAT I STARTED, ALL THAT TIME AGO!" Nashtru shouted, lowering his hands and slowly walking towards the stationed GF's.

"Bring it on!" Ifrit growled, jumping in the air, his fists engulfed in fire.

"Ifrit NO!" Cerberus shouted, trying to stop Ifrit from attacking he went to grab the demons feet, but just missed below Ifrit's foot. Ifrit growled and dug his left fist into Nashtru's stomach.

"ARGH!" Ifrit shouted grabbing his sore hand. Ifrit's hand started throbbing and turned a sharp red. The demon started to quickly blow on his hand to ease the pain "Dam…It felt like punching a mountain of solid steel!" Nashtru smiled and simply slapped away Ifrit with the back of his hand. Ifrit's body stopped flying in the air and landed in front of the other GF's.

"Ifrit!" Shiva screamed, quickly going to the aid of the fire Demon.

"Time for a double team attack!" Quezacolt shouted, breaking his silent. "Diablos!" Diablos peered back at Quezacolt and jumped beside the spirit bird.

"NO! Don't fight him now! He'll kill you guys!" Cerberus spun around and again tried to stop the two's flight, but again missed just as they flew into the air.

"Dark Messenger!"

"Thunder Strom!"

Diablos threw his dark attack at Nashtru and Quezacolt's Thunder Strom combine with the Dark Messenger, increasing the one attack power. Nashtru smiled as the blast crushed into his chests. Upon striking, there came a quick blast and then the lighting from Quezacolt's attack, shocked Nashtru, surging around its whole body. Nashtru just laugh as all that was left was a dint in his chest armour.

"IS THAT ALL YOU GOT?" Nashtru asked, dusting off his chest armour. Nashtru closed his eyes while he held his hands up to both Quezacolt and Diablos. The two stared in confusion but quickly felt a sharp pain shoot through them as Nashtru quickly opened his eyes; his eyes glowing dark red.

"Siren! Help Them…" Leviathan shouted as he slid past Siren and his fallen friends, until he was in front of Nashtru. Siren nodded and run up to Quezacolt and Diablos, leaving Ifrit to Shiva. "Leave the Bad boy to me!" Leviathan smirked, sticking his chest out, trying to look tough while making himself taller then Nashtru, about over twenty feet over. Nashtru just watched and frowned.

"REALLY?" Nashtru sighed, shaking his head. Leviathan shook his head side to side and then opened his mouth wide; aiming it well at Nashtru fired a never-ending attack of water, which was charge with electricity. Nashtru quickly raised his left arm to the attack. The band on his arms opened up to form a shield, blocking the water but not stopping the electricity.

"Get them out of here! Quickly!" Cerberus demanded, jumping next to the two aiding GF's. Shiva grabbed Ifrit, steam rising from her arms and side as he used her as support. Siren went to grabbed Quezacolt, but being a big bird, she had trouble just carrying him. Shiva dragged Ifrit over to Diablos and Siren brought Quezacolt and together they help to lift the fallen demon.

"ENOUGH OF THIS!" Nashtru shouted, moving his face away from the shield. His eyes glowing and narrowed with anger. "I HAVE NO TIME TO PLAY WITH PITY CREATURES!"  Nashtru threw his free hand back and then force a dark purple ball at the serpent.

"Argh!" Leviathan shrieked, falling to the ground, his massive body missing the other GF's. Cerberus lowered his body to the ground, preparing for an attack that he knew that was coming. Nashtru straighten himself and discharged his shield, while he stood on a side.

"I HAD FUN… REALLY I DID, BUT NOW IT TIME FOR BUSINESS" Nashtru charged a small glowing black star, within his right hand, that he held to his face. A smirk appeared and a faint laugh was heard, or at least it sounded faint. "I WANT MY POWER!"

"Everyone get down!" Cerberus shouted before Nashtru threw the black star. Cerberus jumped back, but by using his right head he bit down on one lock of Shiva's hair and wanked her back to gain some distance away from the attack. He tried to grab Siren by he missed, but as he wanked Shiva back, she let go of Ifrit and Diablos.

The attack hit and a dark purple dome surrounded the GF's, expect for Cerberus and Shiva. The two remaining GF's looked on in fear as they could see black pictures of their friends inside the dome. They heard screams and they could see the black pictures change shape and form, into smaller object that couldn't be described.

"Oh no!" Shiva cried, staring at the dome. "NO!" Shive wanted to jump into the dome but Cerberus teeth were still in her hair. But even with his teeth in her hair, she knew she wouldn't have gotten far.

The Dome suddenly turned black after a few seconds and then disappeared, dissolving from the inside to the outside, revealing several crystals, each of different colours. One red crystal, one black crystal, one green crystal, one blue crystal and one orange crystal.

"What happened to them?!" Shiva screamed again trying to get closer. Nashtru smirked and laughed.

"THEY ARE FINE… FOR NOW! BUT SOON THEY WILL BE MINE, A PART OF ME! AS SOON AS I FUSE WITH THEM…!" suddenly Nashtru was thrown back into a pile of rubble by a surprise attack from Cerberus, using a three-way head-butt.

"Grabbed those crystal!" Cerberus shouted, his left head turning around to face Shiva.

"They must be safe from Nashtru… we have to get them away!"

Shiva didn't know what to do or think so she just followed her order and rounded up the crystal. As she held them in her arms, she began to weep on the coloured crystals; her friends locked inside.

Suddenly she felt the scaly body of Cerberus wrapped around her legs, almost causing to fall down.

"We need to get out of here… away from here!" Cerberus shouted, his heads looking up at her.

"Where do we go?" Shiva asked, slightly crouching down.

"ARGH!" Nashtru burst through the rubble that was pile on top of him, his armour scratched and dinted. He growled and then bolted towards them, shouting words that sounded jungle up by rage.

"Leave it to me!" Cerberus shouted, before disappearing from sight with Shiva. Nashtru saw them disappeared and slammed his feet into the ground, before reaching the edge. Nashtru frowned and stared into the endless space.

"HA-HA… THIS IS TURNING OUT GREAT! A BIT OF HUNTING TO WELCOME ME BACK… IT SEEMS I COULD HAVE SOME FUN BEFORE FINDING THOSE TWO!" Nashtru turned and peered around at the destruction he had caused with his rocks. The connecting bridges to the other worlds were destroyed but the mirrors were still untouched and the GF's there had no idea of his being alive. He smiled and held out his hand and opened it slowly, revealing two small dark stars.

"FIND THEM AND CHANGE THEM!" the two stars flew from his hand and off into space, leaving him and the GF's in the mirrors.

Human World

In an opened field, Cerberus and Shiva appeared in a burst of light, blowing the grass and trees back. Cerberus unwrapped himself from Shiva's legs and climbed up the nearest hill. Shiva laid the Crystal down and just sat next to them, staring in deeply and seeing her friends faces looking back.

"My friends…" she sobbed, tears forming at her eyes. Shiva never understood what she felt but it somehow just felt right and let her tears run down her cheek. Shiva buried her face into her hands and just cried.

"Do not be worried about them… they will be fine!" Cerberus explained as he sat on his hind legs, not turning to face her, feeling that he could break just like her even though he had more control over himself. Shiva raised her head but couldn't stop her tears.

"H-How? How c-can they?"

"How?" Cerberus repeated, getting up on all four legs, making his way down to his spirit friend. "All I know is that they will be fine in a few minutes…" Cerberus paused and frowned for just a bit. He looked worried about how to explain what he knew to Shiva. "They will be their old selves…nearly"

"What?"

"Never mind! Listen, we have to find our human friends! They can help us!" Cerberus changing the topic jumped back up the hill. Shiva quickly stood up and stared at the dog.

"What? We're in the human world?" Shiva asked happily. Cerberus nodded and ran back down to her.

"That right! Now grab these crystals and jump on! This is going to be a long trip!" Cerberus ordered. Shiva smiled and did what she was told. She grabbed the crystal in her arms and slowly slid on Cerberus' back. Cerberus walked up the hill and then bolted down the other side and across the field.

"Where are we?! And where are we heading?!" Shiva shouted, holding the crystal tight.

"We are in Dollet's field… I can tell, seen this place a lot of time and I have a good memory. And for where were going… we heading for the Balamb Garden, that where Squall should be… or at least that where it was at one stage" Cerberus explained, having a worried look on his faces as that school tens to fly.