Hello... here we are again! Two reviews last chapter... less reviews means smaller size. This is just a quick fight scene that will really get things rolling. No Lulu/Paine/Yuna/Rikku till next chapter, since this is just a quick, small update. Thank you to those who reviewed, it means the world to me:

Musicmaker: New reviewer :D Aya could end up helping Kana, you never know... I'm not sayin' nothin', heehee. OF COURSE you get a cupcake and cookie :D Thank you very much for reading/reviewing!

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"How is it that you're not even showing signs of fatigue?" Kana demanded angrily, hastily healing her injured arms and face.

"I could tell you," Aya said casually. "Then again, it's a secret my mother took to the grave, and then passed on to me, so…"

"So your awful mother interferes in my plan whether she's alive or dead," Kana said, eyes shrinking into a squintish glare. "Then I guess I'll just have to exterminate her offspring completely! Let's see her try to stop me then!" Kana said, sounding maniacal. Fixing a wide eyed completely deranged look on her face, she charged at Aya, firing a huge fireball at her. Aya crossed her forearms into an 'X' shape, and blocked the spell with ease.

"How is it that you aren't tired!" Kana yelled, shooting multiple status ailment spells, all of which Aya deflected.

"I think maybe I've got the upper hand now," Aya said with a smile as Kana hunched over, panting heavily. "The truth is, I'll never wear out."

"Nobody has an unlimited supply of magic points," Kana growled, digging in her pocket.

"No Ethers for you!" Aya yelled, shooting a thunder spell right at Kana's hand. The second it hit Kana's shield, a bloodcurdling scream escaped her mouth, and she crumpled to the ground. That instant, Aya began mumbling the incantation for Ultima. She didn't need to cast any other spell verbally, thankfully, but with the length and power of this one, she had to. Kana tried to get up, hoisting herself off of the ground a bit before collapsing.

Aya closed her eyes and began to concentrate on her spell. She was so close—just a couple more lines…

Aya suddenly felt her legs get swept out from beneath her—Kana had slipped herself an Ether while on the ground, and was back up and ready to go. "Let's try you on hand to hand combat!" Kana said, laughing.

Aya pulled herself up off of the ground. Before she had time to even think about activating her shield, Kana was throwing punches at her. Aya ducked and moved around to avoid being hit. She eventually got into her mood, and blocked one of Kana's punches with her palm. She kneed Kana in the stomach, and took a shot at her face. Kana fell over backward, and landed in a heap on the ground, panting.

"Seems like I've bested you in both magic and physical fighting," Aya said triumphantly.

Kana was shifting around on the ground, and her gaze fell on the pearl bracelet that was around Aya's ankle. "I've seen that some other place," Kana said weakly. "That bracelet."

"It was my mother's," Aya said. "No doubt you've seen it on her, she wore it every day."

As Kana had been making small talk with Aya, she had secretly administered an Ether to herself. She stood up moments later, shooting a huge ball of fire at Aya.

Aya blocked it, but only at the last moment. Suddenly, she felt her magic points dramatically decrease—one spell shouldn't have taken that much away from her. Aya's shield spell worked that way—the stronger the spell, the more magic points it took for her to sustain it. She had been doing okay on magic points before this hit, but now, she felt herself getting quite a bit lower than she was comfortable with. Then again, getting below half usually bothered Aya, since typically, she wasn't in a position where she needed to keep fighting and not take time to maintain her magic points. Till this point, none of Kana's spells matched the power of this one. Aya's eyes widened.

"Yes, I've been holding back to see what you've got!" Kana shouted, casting another fast blizzard spell, which almost knocked Aya flat trying to block it. "I didn't want to hurt you, but since you're dead set on getting rid of the one person who can give you your mother back, I think I'll kill you and get it over with!"

Aya was watching her, trying to conceal her fear as she felt Kana's magic attribute shoot through the roof. There was no way she could win, and suddenly, she knew it.

"I tried wearing you out, but since you seem to have a secret, we'll just do this the FAST WAY!" Kana shouted, shooting a huge fireball at Aya. She put her shield up, and shut her eyes tightly as she felt the fire burning her forearm.

Damn! She thought to herself. If I could only knock her down, then I could get away… She winced, cradling her injured arm, covered with pink burns, up next to her stomach as she healed it.

Kana relentlessly shot spells at her without stopping. Aya was getting absolutely pounded, and could find no time to administer an Ether to herself. She got blasted several feet backward from a water spell, which left her with droplets of water all over her body. Her shield had been breaking down and deteriorating, leaving her exposed. She hunched over, panting. Kana ran over, and sunk a punch into her stomach. She kneed Aya in the face, followed by another punch that landed squarely on her cheek. Aya fell over backwards and hit the ground. When Aya pulled herself up, face covered with scratches, she saw Kana launch a spell that Aya had only heard of—it looked like a little wheel of wind, only Kana's wheel was rather large. Before Aya had a chance to block it—she was too busy gaping at it—it hit her square in the stomach.

She was instantly blasted backward. She felt her body being pulled at from all directions as her hair whipped against her face. Seconds later, she smashed into the wall. For one ominous moment, she stayed against the wall, seemingly suspended up against it without anything supporting her, before collapsing face first onto the ground.

Another cliffhanger... how evil am I? Sorry, sorry... don't forget to review, please, if you liked it! Sorry about having this just be Aya, but... it just worked out this way. Again, I'm sorry if you don't like her much, but... review anyway :D

Thank you very much,

Lulala