Love Etched in Ice

Chapter2: Transformation

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"Diamond Dust!"

As soon as Shiva heard the command, she broke herself free from her ice cocoon and raised her hands in the air; bending her upper body backwards for equilibrium.

As the ice and powder blue human-like GF did so, Squall used Boost to heighten Shiva's attack status.

Shiva felt the hidden power rising in her to the surface and threw her hands towards the opponent which happened to be a T-Rex.

Much to the ice demon's delight.

A ball of golden light erupted from Shiva's outstretched hands and tendrils of white-blue ice came out.

The gigantic red-black striped T-Rex stopped its assault as walls of ice surrounded it. Yellow eyes widened as a large and piercingly sharp icicle flew right at it.

The icicle hit the dinosaur in the chest area and gave a shrill cry of pain as it collapsed in agony.

Shiva stared at the staggering monster, a small smile playing at her lips.

How she would love to stay and watch…but rules are rules.

Just as Shiva suddenly appeared; she vanished. Waiting for the next time that she would be summoned.

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A young teenaged girl; about seventeen years of age; with long black hair and wide brown eyes, stared momentarily at Squall.

A frown was plastered on her pale face as she tossed the brown-haired boy a small glare.

"Squall! I thought we agreed not to use any of our GFs while we're training. How are we supposed to level up when you keep depending on that GF of yours?"

A brunette, about the same age as the other girl, pause her attack to glare at the black-haired girl.

"What the hell are you saying Rinoa? If it wasn't for Squall's GF, I wouldn't have time to use Cura on you!"

Rinoa glared at the other girl stonily.

"Shut up Selphie! This is none of your business!"

Selphie narrowed her brown eyes. "You should be the one to shut up Rinoa! If you don't I'll stick my ningchucks (sp?) up your…"

"That's enough Selphie." Squall muttered, brushing aside a stray lock of hazel hair in irritation.

Really, sometimes these two are too much.

Selphie gaped at their leader in disbelief.

"But Squall…" she started.

But Squall was too busy attacking the T-Rex to hear her.

Selphie stumped her foot in frustration and turned away from Rinoa whom she was sure was sporting a smug grin.

She gritted her teeth in irritation as she crossed her arms. Grr… Rinoa can be such a bitch! It's a wonder why she even paired her up with Squall anyway. He deserves someone much better.

A sharp gasp from Rinoa made the other girl focused her attention on what's in front of them.

What she saw made her almost drop her ningchucks in a mixture of horror and disgust.

At the time that she and Rinoa were arguing; the T-Rex had shed his skin from a vibrant red with black strips into a scaly moldy green color with bright orange stripes. It's yellow eyes turned into a murdering red as it gazed on the three fighters.

It opened it's wide mouth, revealing several rows of sharp dirty yellow teeth, and gave a loud roar.

Huge bat-like wings spread-out from it's back as it raised a orange claw glowing a sickening green.

A shimmering drop of acid green dripped from the tips of it's claws and fell to the floor.

A small hissing sound was heard and the group glanced down to see that the green drop had melted a hole on the floor.

The green goop from it's claws are really acid!

Squall tightened his grip on his gunblade as he poised himself into an attack position.

"Rinoa! Use Scan. Hurry!"

The black-haired girl finally snapped out of her shock and cast Scan on the T-Rex.

After a few moments, Rinoa shouted out to them in aspiration.

"It's an advanced type of T-Rex known as the Ultimate T-Rex. It's HP is thrice as that of a regular T-Rex and it doesn't have any weakness!"

Both Squall and Selphie slapped their foreheads.

"Great." Selphie muttered sarcastically.

"What could more worse than a creature that has no weakness?"

Rinoa, her brown eyes gleaming with fright, replied.

"How about the fact that it absorbs every kind of magical attacks?"

Both Squall and Selphie swore beneath their breaths, although Squall's were a lot more obscene.

"Just peachy." grumbled Selphie, shaking her head in dismay.

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Inside her domain (in part of Squall's mind), Shiva shuddered as she glanced warily at the hideous monster her charge and friends are facing.

She heard Rinoa's status of the Ultimate T-Rex and knew that it the upcoming battle wasn't going to be easy.

Shiva flicked her long, chest-length bangs behind her back in worry.

She hoped that they were equipped with both Cerebreus and Cabernacle. They needed it badly from the looks of it.

Shiva closed her eyes, letting her mind wander to those of her fellow GF's.

She snapped her blue eyes wide in despair.

Neither Cerebreus nor Cabernacle were equipped!

The ice goddess let out a string of curses. Damnit! She's left with no choice but to sit back and hope for the best.

Shiva hugged her knees closer to her body and watched helplessly as Squall and the others fought the Ultimate T-Rex.

She hoped that they stocked a lot of Curagas and Full-lifes.

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I can't take this anymore!

Shiva chewed her lower lip in frustration as she watched Rinoa fainting from exhaustion for the…

How many times was it now? She lost count after ten times.

Squall was panting; implanting his gunblade on the ground as a supporter. He didn't look like he would last much longer.

Selphie, on the other hand, was running out of Full-Life spells. Most of it she used on Rinoa, who was the weakest of the group.

Meanwhile, the Ultimate T-Rex was still standing. A bit weakened, but still standing.

Shiva pulled herself to her feet, a determined frown set on her blue lips.

Screw the rules. I'm going in!

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Squall knew that he wouldn't last much longer. His whole body was strained to its limits and he felt his strength diminishing by the minute.

He could choose to run away, there was still time. But he had too much pride to do a cowardly stunt like that.

Squall struggled to his feet; green eyes gleaming with renewed vigor. He held up his gunblade in front of him, preparing to strike.

He can't give up. Not to the very end.

He closed his eyes, gathering the last of his energy in sheer concentration.

Green depths snapped open as Squall charged at the Ultimate T-Rex at a fast speed.

"Renozuken!" (sp?)

Squall attacked the monster with multiple slashes; sending more or less 250 hp damage with each slice.

Not finished, Squall stepped back a few steps from the Ultimate T-Rex and yelled.

"Fated Circle!"

The brown-haired youth jumped into the air like a leaping lion and turned his gunblade to the horizontal as he turned his body counterclockwise, picking up the pace in each spiral.

A red aura emitted from Squall and let out a surge of red round wave that injured the monster further.

The creature took a few steps back, pushed by the force of Squall's attack. It gave another loud roar.

Squall stopped his attack to fall to his knees, weak and drained.

He cursed himself silently. His special attack wasn't even enough…

Damnit! Why won't it die already?!

Selphie; meanwhile; cast the last Curaga in stock at Squall, reviving his strength and vigor.

However, the brunette knew that it was useless. Without anymore Curaga and Full-Life spells in stock; it won't take long until they'll lose consciousness.

Selphie pushed down the bile that went up her throat.

Or worse…the Ultimate T-Rex would kill them all.

Right then and there, Selphie prayed for a miracle.

To her surprise, as well as Rinoa's and Squall's, a blue light emitted from the eighteen-year-old boy and flashed brightly.

The light faded to reveal Squall's strongest GF, the Ice Goddess Shiva.

The GF of ice floated in front of Squall as if to shield him. Her ice blue eyes a stormy midnight blue.

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(Shiva's POV)

I tossed my darkest death glare at the huge monster in front of me.

It wasn't going to hurt my Squall…not when I'm around to defend him.

I stopped momentarily. My Squall? Since when did I prefer to him as mine?

I shook my head mentally.

When this crisis is finally over, I think I'll take a break and join the others at the Lounge. (A place we GFs created as a spot to relax and loosen up if we're not needed in battle.)

Goodness knows I need it.

"Isn't that Squall's GF, Shiva?" I heard Rinoa whispered to Selphie.

Glancing from the corner of my silted eyes, I could see Selphie rolling her eyes heavenwards.

"Duh! What other GF do you know that looks like that except for Shiva? Use your head for something other than thinking of boys once in a while."

A smirk escaped from my lips as I heard Selphie's comment.

Well…looks like I'm not the only one who dislikes Rinoa.

Actually, almost all of the GFs hated the black-haired girl's guts. Cabernacle was too innocent to despise anyone…however, it hardly ever tolerated Rinoa.

Hmm…maybe I could talk to Selphie and form an 'I-Hate-Rinoa Club' with her help.

The Ultimate T-Rex roared for the third time, angry that it wasn't getting the attention it should have received.

I turned my gaze back at the monster and cocked up a blue eyebrow.

But first things first, I have to defeat this beast and teach him a lesson.

"Hey Ugly." I taunted the Ultimate T-Rex.

As Father always says; the best way to get an opponent all ruffled up is to make fun of them.

"If you want them, you'll have to get through me first."

The T-Rex roared once more before it began charging at me.

I merely smiled and glided myself at the beast at a faster pace.

Looks like I'll get the exercise I wanted after all.

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"Crescent Blade!"

Rinoa's eyes widened as a crescent-shaped blade manifested from Shiva's elbow to the wrist.

With an agile flick of her wrist, the GF slashed the Ultimate T-Rex multiple times.

The attack was similar to that of Squall's Renozuken with the exception that the wounds inflicted are much deeper.

"Wow, Squall. I didn't know that your GF could actually do a command without you saying it."

Squall, who was watching the battle between GF and T-Rex, replied.

"I didn't even know that she has that kind of attack."

He hoped that Shiva would be alright. She's his best GF.

Selphie kept quiet (out of character for her). Her eyes darted from Shiva to the T-Rex with fascination.

A gasp escaped from her mouth and she yelped.

"Shiva! Watch out!"

Squall watched in horror as the T-Rex swung an acid-coated claw at GF.

Shiva managed to dodge out of the claw's snatch but didn't saw the other claw. It hit her between the shoulder blades and she let out a cry of pain.

"Damn you monster!" She cried out in a mixture of agony and fury.

Shiva gathered her ki and a golden glow appeared between her half-closed hands. The glow lengthened and flashed one last time before it subsided to glowing just around the edges of the long gold-hilt sword Shiva now held in her hands.

"Eat this! Sword Blaster!"

(AN: Just think of Uranus' Space Sword Blaster in SM)

The T-Rex cried out in pain as the attack hit it dead on. Not long after, it collapsed ungracefully to the floor of the Training Center; unconscious.

Shiva's stormy midnight blue eyes rolled back, losing all strength as the acid injected in her body began to take effect.

The GF plunged downwards; too tired even float. Her body turned to the point that she was falling head-first. She would've suffered more injury if Squall hadn't run forward and caught her in his arms.

A silver-blue light flashed brightly and Squall, Selphie and Rinoa had to close their eyes to prevent themselves from becoming blind. After some time, Squall tempted to take a look and opened one of his eyes just slightly; enough for him to see.

Both eyes snapped opened in surprise as the GF in his arms changed drastically. Shiva's powder white skin had colored to alabaster and the blue marks in her body disappeared except for a lone mark at her collarbone the shape of a crescent moon as big as her fist. Her "M"-shaped hair combined just like that of a human's. It lengthened to her waist in waves of gold and blue-streaks.

Chin-length bangs framed a heart-shaped face. Squall's gaze traveled from her closed eyelids framed by long eyelashes curling at the tips down to a well-sculpted nose to bowed-lips a nice shade of cherry red.

Squall fought a creeping blush as his gaze lingered at Shiva's lush lips; so different form her usually icy blue.

He had always thought that Shiva was very pretty as she was but she's extremely beautiful now…

Squall shook his head mentally to shake out those thoughts.

What has gotten into him? He shouldn't be interested in any other female aside from his sort-of girlfriend Rinoa…much less his own GF.

Squall's green eyes then noticed Shiva's state of undress and felt his cheeks turning red.

Good thing Shiva was unconscious. Otherwise she'll have a fit and probably pound him to the infirmary. Charge or no charge.

Squall let go an arm to take off his jacket. He swung it at the Ice Goddess' shoulders and zipped it up to cover her; glad that his jacket was long enough to cover some…err, private areas.

Selphie approached Squall and tapped him in the shoulder.

"We'll have to take her to the Infirmary and inform the headmaster about this…phenomenon." Selphie reasoned.

Squall nodded his head and readjusted the bundle in his arms so that one hand was behind her back (He was careful as to not touch the area where the Ultimate T-Rex hit her) and the other tucked underneath her knees.

Not waiting, Squall headed for the Training Center's exit with Selphie following up behind him.

Neither noticed Rinoa straying behind them in a state of shock.

Rinoa seemed to snap out of her thoughts and realized that she was being left behind.

"Hey guys! Wait up!"

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Shiva opened her hazy blue eyes and let out a groan as the light beamed into her strained eyes.

"Would someone please shut the damn light off?" she growled, shading her eyes with her hand.

"I see you're awake then." A voice said not too far from her.

Shiva snapped her eyes opened.

She knew that voice. She hadn't heard of it in quite a well but still she knew who it was.

"Cid?"

To be continued

Sapphire: Well, how was it? Hope you guys like it. I know it's a bit confusing but explanations are at the next chapter. Review! Review! ...Can you just tell that I'm a sucker for reviews? Hohoho!

P.S. I don't like Rinoa much so prepare for a mild bashing on her in the later chapters.