Konnichiwa again! Thank you to all of you who reviewed my story! Sniff It makes me so happy! I need to apologize for taking so long with this chapter. I was busy with a state competition then it was a missions trip after that I had to plan my 16th birthday party so I've been real busy. To top it all off, once I had this chap done (or my mac) wouldn't let me upload it! Please forgive! I'll be good! I promise this'll move more quickly during the summer. Thanks again.

P. S.- sorry about not posting the spoilers in the last chap. Sorry if I ruined the game for anyone. THERE WILL BE SPOILERS.

Share with Me, One Love. . . One Eternity

Celsius' eyes slowly lifted open. Someone had entered her temple. She slowly sat up from her resting spot on the ground, invisible to anyone except Fenrir. Her companion soon walked up to his master, cocking his head ever so slightly to give her a quizzical look.

"It hasn't been that long has it?" she asked, stretching. The dog gave no reply and merely sat as his master's feet. "It feels like I just fell asleep and someone has to come bothering us again!" Celsius looked up from her furry friend and stared at her reflection in the surrounding ice. A pale hand made its way to feel the harsh strands of hair that hung at her shoulders.

"He's awake too." She said quietly. A rush of guilt and anger flooded over the ice spirit. "I don't want to see him. I refuse to let a summoner come here and make me see that man again!" she yelled.

Fenrir sat unmoving; not even flinching at Celsius' raised voice. He simply nudged her arm, asking to be pet. The woman granted the dog's request and gently stroked the beast.

"It's not fair. . ." she said quietly. "No one asks if I want my link to be severed. No one cares if I have to see Efreet again. They just barge in, ask for my power, and leave. Not even a 'thank you' or 'sorry we had to barge in like this' or something! Hmph! Humans!"

"Humans are so lucky." She said out of nowhere." They get to die." Fenrir whined and laid his head in her lap. "It's not fair! I have to live forever" Celsius looked at her reflection in the ice again. "I have to look like this forever, with this nasty feeling inside me all the time! This lukewarm feeling like he's behind me and he's going to destroy me any second!"

Fenrir again gave his master a quizzical look. Yes he understood what she said, and yes he cared for his master's well being. But he also wanted her to resolve her problems and move on. She had been living in the past for too long. But Fenrir lacked the ability to talk, so he just comforted the ice maiden by just being there for her. A big furry sounding board.

Suddenly footsteps were heard rounding the corner to Celsius' cave. "Not already . . . "

A baby penguinist rounded the corner at full speed and darted towards Fenrir and jumped on his leg. The cute little fluff ball looked into the beast's red eyes, begging to be played with. Fenrir sent the little penguin off running and playfully chased after it for a bit. The baby ran and fumbled and rolled all over the cave and the sight was too hilarious not to laugh. Celsius' clear laugh rang throughout the ice caverns, resonating of the walls. Fenrir was glad to hear her laugh. It had been at least a century or two since her laugh had echoed through the halls like that and it almost felt like the old times when she was the one playing with the penguinists.

"So . . ." she said after they had calmed down a bit. "I suppose this is your little brother?"

The two had collapsed on the soft snow and the penguinist was snuggling into Fenrir's blue fur. The penguin soon got up and left to go find his mother or something and Fenrir returned to Celsius' side.

"It was nice to laugh again. I want to go back to being happy." Fenrir nodded his head in agreement. "We have to fight. You must fight as hard as you can. If I can just get this summoner off our backs we'll never have to see him again. I can go on and we can be happy once again. I promise!" Fenrir seemed energized by this little pep talk. Yes. They both were going to give it their all. For their future. To forget the past. They would fight with all that was within them!

Man . . . that must suck for Lloyd.

"You who possesses the right of the pact. I am Celsius, one who is bound to Mithos, the Hero."

Sheena took a step forward. " I am Sheena! I seek a pact with Celsius. I ask that thou annulst . . . . "

Blah, blah, blah . . . she wants a pact. Blah, blah. Blah. . . we have to fight. . . why is everything so formal anyway?

"You seek a pact with me! How amusing. Let's see if you can handle me!" Fenrir stepped forward baring his teeth, and Celsius readied herself as well. "Show me your power."

Celsius wasted no time in attacking these intruders; neither did Fenrir. The ice beast immediately sprung forward toward the nearest intruder, Sheena. At the moment, he didn't care if he pierced the guardian user through with his tusks. Too much was on the line. If Celsius could move on, Flanoir might have a chance at a Spring! He charged forward as Sheena struggled to get her cards out to defend herself. Luckily for her, Zelos was fighting and had dashed fast enough to block the ferocious attack.

Celsius had begun to cast her Freeze Lancer spell at Lloyd and had managed to interrupt Raine's support spell. The ice maiden put out an onslaught of various attacks while Fenrir was more of an annoyance. He would dodge and roll out of their attacks and swipe at Raine or Zelos' healing spells and he would attempt to pounce on Lloyd. This gave Celsius plenty of time to cast beast and swallow dance attacks and put out another freeze lancer whenever possible. Things seemed to be going great . . . that is, until Sheena started fighting. She began to cast her T. Seals of Fire on her weapons and that was hurting Fenrir a lot. Celsius couldn't help him. It all happened so fast! One moment victory was in sight, the next, Sheena had powered Zelos' blade and he had made the final blow.

"I . . . lost?" Celsius stepped back and regained herself. "Excellent." She said, but her thoughts were hardly on the battle. I have to see him. That's it . . .I wasn't strong enough. "It would appear that my freezing chill is but a summer's breeze to you." Oh Martel! What am I gonna say? Is he still mad at me? Aw . . . I really don't want to do this.. . " Now speak your vow. A vow worthy of my power!"

" For the sake of creating a place. . . ."

It doesn't matter. I can take whatever he says to me. I'm the ice queen after all. He can say any fiery threat, but I'll still be cold to him.

"Very well, I grant you my power. Use it well."

RUMBLE SHAKERUMBLE

There it was! The earthquake. THAT MEANS!

Efreet . . . . .

Sooooooooooooooooo? Was that better than the last one? Hopefully enough to atone for my severe negligence. For those who were wondering about the whole 'summon spirits don't have genders' thing. . . you must understand. In this story there will be bending of rules, just consider this like on the cartoons when they bend a gun into a pretty bow or something. If they had no genders there would be no story. So deal with it. And please remember . . .

Vote NO on Summon Spirit Research!

Rice Balls for Thought – Where is Sheena's Exsphere attached?

P.S.- Thank you for answering my last Rice Balls for thought note. I wasn't expecting an answer, but lots of people gave replies. Some (most)(all) were pretty good! I look forward to your answers on this one!