Me: (walks in muttering angrily) Stupid Dr. Stiles… how the hell am I supposed to get a cost of living thing done for Cedar Rapids, a mock interview and a job shadow done by next Friday with all the little kids we have coming into the class room plus driver's Ed and work?

Lloyd: You sound frustrated.

Me: No shit dumbass!

Lloyd: you don't have to call me a dumbass you know.

Me: …I'm sorry…

Lloyd: (shrugs) We all have bad days.

Me:…it doesn't help that my grandma isn't exactly encouraging me in my driving either even though my dad said I did good and she said so too but then wouldn't even let me drive the 6 blocks home on the side streets. How am I suppose to pass if I have no street driving experience?

Lloyd: I don't know. I can't really help you there. But I guess you can just try you're best.

Me: That's what everyone says but what about tomorrow when Mr. Beal will probably want to see how far I've advanced in my driving skills and I haven't had any street driving. (sob) What am I supposed to do then?

Lloyd: Just don't give up. That's about all you can do.

Me: …you're right. I'm sorry. I'm just under a lot of stress and it not fair of me to put everything on you and everyone else. (sigh) And after I had that 1 hour laughing attack in Econ today which was followed closely by me and three of my friends singing "Kyle's mom is a big fat bitch" song LOUDLY in the student center at lunch. (sigh) it's amazing how fast we humans can switch emotions.

Lloyd: A one-hour laughing attack? Wow! How did you manage that?

Me: that was the only thing you heard wasn't it?

Lloyd: um… no comment.

Me: (sigh) We watched commercials from the 50's and 60's in Econ. Some of them were really funny. Some were just wrong, like Clanky the Space man. (shudder) Thank you Kayla for making it you're life mission to put my mind in the gutter cause I'll tell you now, It has WORKED. To the horror of everyone at the Anime Table at lunch, it has WORKED! I'll never be able to look at a deck of playing cards again with out laughing.

Lloyd: Um… should we, maybe, start the story now?

Me: (sigh) I guess so.

Lloyd: Jen Rem doesn't own ToS or FF. Only Tiamatt, the Oblivion Blade, Ash, Eria, Oblivion, Marth, Nightfire, Josin, and the numerous Remnants that she has created.

Me: (evil grin) so many characters, so many ways to screw with the readers. What will I do now?

Third Person POV Renegade Base, Theth'Ella

"Lord Yuan!" a Renegade ran into the Seraph's office, where Yuan sat pondering over a few things that had occurred earlier in the base.

"Who was that girl? Where was Tiamatt? What exactly was that strange talking wolf? How much further will Lloyd's ex sphere evolve?" Yuan asked himself, still deep in his thoughts.

"Lord Yuan!" the Renegade repeated.

"What is it?" Yuan asked impatiently. "Have you found the information I was looking for?"

"Well, sort of. You see, one of our guards recently saw a large red dragon floating past on a chunk of ice. He said it wasn't moving." The scout replied.

"What? Dammit, that would be Tiamatt. Find her as soon as possible otherwise Kratos will throw a fit." Yuan ordered, jumping to his feet. The Renegade nodded and exited the room. "What the hell is going on? Could she have fought the monster that was sighted in the area?" Sighing, Yuan followed the scout out of the room.

Derris Kharlan

Kratos walked down the corridors to his room with Cloud on his shoulder. He sighed in frustration and worry as he opened the door and sat down. Yggdrasil had repeatedly chewed him out for disappearing suddenly just to help Tiamatt but he couldn't help it. It was something he had to do, something Yggdrasil would never understand.

Kratos?

"What is it Cloud?" the Seraphim asked the paragriff, who chose to continue traveling with Kratos.

I think mommy isn't doing well. The griff's voice was full of worry. Last thoughts I saw were of Weapon and an ice raft.

"Ice raft? Is she in Flanior?" Kratos questioned.

No, she's asleep somewhere cold but she's drifting somewhere warm. The griffin replied. Dragonfire will only help for a little while but even dragons will die in the cold.

"Tell me where exactly she is Cloud?" the Seraph as sternly.

She's near the area called the Toize Mines. Cloud chirped.

Mizuho

Eria was nervous. She sat constantly looking around to find Tiamatt but she never came. Even Oblivion was unnerved by his friend's sudden disappearance.

"Come on Tia! Please don't say you've died on us again." Oblivion muttered impatiently, scanning the skies.

"You don't think she's…?" Colette asked.

"I don't know. But this isn't like her." Eria replied, looking towards the town entrance.

"Ha! There's no way Tiamatt would lose to a lame monster like that!" Zelos yelled but then paused. "Would she?"

"…Weapon is extremely strong. But I think her goal was to calm it, not truly defeat it." Oblivion sighed.

"Maybe we should go back and look for her." Sheena said. "Maybe she just got lost."

"…"

"What is it Eria?" Raine asked, noticing the strange look the girl had for a moment.

"She's near the Toize Mines." Eria answered suddenly with confidence.

"How do you know that?" Zelos asked, confused on how the Aurion could possibly know that.

"Cloud told me." She replied simply, standing up from where she sat and suddenly freezing. "We're also not the only ones looking for her."

"Eria, you're not saying…?" Oblivion started.

"About 4 or 5…and apparently there is a human with them." Eria nodded.

Area near Toize Mines

The ice raft had melted, causing Tiamatt to be washed ashore near the pyramids and the mines. She was still exhausted and woke up long enough to return to her normal form and dragged herself high enough up shore to not be pulled out at high tide before literally passing out from fatigue.

After several hours of resting in the sand, she heard footsteps crunching the sand around her and felt a warm comforting hand on her forehead. She opened her eyes just enough to see Kratos with a look of concern on his face with Cloud perched on his shoulder and let out a moan before closing her eyes again.

"Tiamatt! Damn, she's running a fever." Kratos cursed, looking at the pale face.

"Well, what do we have here?" a cold voice asked. Kratos turned to see several deformed creatures standing around a man with long dark hair, black glasses, and a long white lab coat. He grinned as he looked at Kratos holding the sick Tiamatt. "It seems my precious specimen is sick. But who are you?"

"You!" Kratos growled, at once recognizing the man that Tiamatt loathed and feared. "You're suppose to be dead!"

"Kratos!" the Seraphim and the scientist turned to see Lloyd's group land with the rhierds except for the Eria who had flown on her own wings.

"No!" the girl tried to run to Tiamatt's side but a black furred wolf/sea serpent like creature snarled and blocked her path.

"We're not about to let you take Sister away from us once again!" he growled taking a step towards Eria but Oblivion charged and tackled the Remnant with a flash of fangs and claws. The strange creature yelped as Oblivion's claws made contact with his shoulder.

"Don't you dare touch her!" Oblivion snarled back, the fur on the back of his neck bristling.

"Who are you?!" Lloyd barked, swords drawn as everyone else drew their weapons.

"How rude of me. My name is Professor Hojo and that woman is a very valuable research specimen. Without her I can not complete my work." The dark haired man replied, pushing his glasses up.

"Hojo? You're supposed to be dead?" Raine asked, staff ready.

"Now surly you wouldn't think I wouldn't use my own longevity experiment on myself after seeing the success it had on Valentine and of course my precious Cetra." Hojo grinned, examining the group behind his dark shades. "Hmm…interesting. Naric, fetch the girl for me too. She looks like an interesting new specimen for my collection."

"Yes sir!" the wolf serpent replied, once again approaching Eria with Oblivion growling a warning at her side.

"You're sick." Zelos spat as the Remnants began to move towards both Eria and Tiamatt, who was still passed out in Kratos' arms.

Kratos shifted the one to one arm and drew his sword, prepared to do anything to protect the Cetran woman who still did not remember who he was to her or vice versa. Lloyd rushed past the Remnants and stood defiantly besides Kratos as Colette, Genis, and Raine joined him. Regal, Presea, Zelos, and Sheena helped Oblivion and Eria with Naric as Hojo stood back and laughed as he pulled out a small communicator.

Within moments, more Remnants appeared and overwhelmed group, throwing everyone aside but Tiamatt, Eria, and the defiant Lloyd and Kratos, who after being knocked out were picked up by the Remnants and taken to a small land mass that held a large city with an ancient secret.

Tiamatt POV

"Tiamatt, please, wake up." A voice begged, pulling me from the darkness of my uneasy sleep to the darkness of a strangly familiar cell. Kratos, Lloyd, and Eria sat around me and let out a sigh of relief as I looked at them.

"Are you ok?" Lloyd asked, his voice full of nervousness.

"Yeah." I nodded, looking around. "where are we?"

"Someplace called Junon. Or at least that's what that freaky scientist guy said." Lloyd answered.

"Junon!" My face paled instantly. "That's the last known location of a Mako Reactor with Remnants in it."

"So you've finally awaken my precious specimen." A voice cooed from behind us. I started to growl as soon as the man's voice entered my ears and his foul smell filled the cell.

"Hojo!" I snarled, teeth now fangs and the beginning of claws forming at my fingertips. "I should have known you wouldn't let yourself die so easily!"

"Of course not my Cetra. What you killed was merely a clone. My real body was already sealed away down here in the Underwater Reactor with the rest of my experiments." Hojo laughed. "I am quite amazed that you are still alive but from what I have been told, you have yet to produce offspring." Eria froze as the scientist said this. "How disappointing. I have yet to learn if some of the mutations carry on from the parent to the child."

"You are disgusting." Kratos growled, standing up beside me and glaring at Hojo. "How can you sit here and enjoy inflicting pain on the innocent?"

"From what I understand, there is a sister world to this one where Human Ranches exist to make materia like orbs from humans." Hojo replied smartly. "Am I not correct?"

"…" Kratos looked down sadly. " I am not pride of what Cruxis has done and never agreed with the Desians in the first place." I didn't know why but…I believed his words.

"Kratos…" I said softly. He turned and looked at me in shock at the softness my voice now carried before smiling.

"Hm…Interesting. There seems to be a bond between the two of you." Hojo stated, examining everything. "Maybe I will gain a new specimen." Hojo grinned and turned away, leaving us with a feeling of deep disgust.

"I promise that I will kill that man with the very first creature he injected into me. I will tear his throat out with my own fangs!' I snarled, glaring as the door hissed shut.

"Eria are you ok?" Lloyd asked, a hand on her shoulder. Her eyes were filled with fear but she nodded anyways. I was heartbroken to she such fear in her eyes.

"I promise I won't let Hojo put you through what I barely survived." I promised, knealing beside her and hugging her to reassure her.

"…Thank you…" She whispered, finally returning the embrace.

"Tiamatt, who is she?" Kratos finally asked, after looking at the girl curiously. "She seems to look a lot like yo-" The Seraph was suddenly Silenced as the needed Materia glowed momentarily.

"Quite! If Hojo finds out then we'll all be in big trouble!" I hissed.

You're not saying that she's…Kratos' eyes widened.

"That's exactly what I'm saying just keep your mouth shut!" I replied, pulling away from a calmer Eria and looking at the Seraph. She not from this time though. If Hojo finds out then he'll perform most of his experiments on the three of us.

Then there is some hope. He said quietly as Lloyd and Eria just looked at us in confusion as they watched different expressions cross our faces through the unheard conversation.

…perhaps…I admitted, blushing.

Do you remember me now too?

Not really but I feel oddly comfortable around you. I don't remember anything between us but I remember the feelings and emotions if that makes any sense. I told him, still blushing.

I think I understand. Kratos smiled. But could you please release your spell?

"Sorry." I released the spell and looked at Lloyd and Eria.

"What just happened between you two?" Lloyd asked. "I mean, does he know now?"

"Yep. He knows." I smiled as Kratos nervously approached Eria.

"Your name, it is Eria correct?" Kratos asked, kneeling beside his daughter. Eria nodded, eyes wide in wonder as she looked at the Seraph. "My name is…"

"Your Kratos Aurion, one of the Heroes from the Regeneration!" Eria blurted, startling Kratos. "Opps, sorry. I keep forgetting the Regeneration hasn't been completed yet." Kratos just smiled and nodded. "um…nice to meet you."

"Same here." Kratos replied, taking the girl's hand that she had held up. "You look a lot like your mother." I blushed as he gave me a small smile and I realized I was falling in love with him, or back in love.

"…" Lloyd began to glare at Kratos, the thought of the Seraph's betrayal still playing through his mind.

"Lloyd, give him another chance. He's not as bad as you would think. Afterall, he has helped us a lot even though he is a member of Cruxis." I asked the red clad swordsman. "I understand that you're nervous and probably think I'd betray the group to be with him but I promise I won't."

"…He tried to take Colette to use as Martel's new body." Lloyd muttered.

"Colette means a lot to you doesn't she?" I asked, knowing exactly what that was like.

"Of course! I would do anything for her." Lloyd exclaimed. "I…I love her."

"You should tell her then. I bet she feels the same way." I smiled.

"You think so?" the dual swordman asked. I nodded with a smile. "Thank you."

The door to the cell hissed open, stopping all the conversations and causing all of us to face the door. Hojo stood with his normal grin as several, mostly human Remnants moved into the room towards me.

"Come my Cetra. We have a lot of catching up to do." Hojo cooed.

"Don't you touch her!" Kratos threatened, returning to his feet..

"Kratos, please, don't. I can handle it." I told him. "Just don't do anything stupid."

"What wise words." Hojo noted, with a glint in his eyes as he looked over the edge of his glasses. "Hmm…just get the Cetra and hurry." The Remnants nodded and grabbed my arms roughly, pulling me from the relative safety of the cell.

Me: Ok people, I promise this is going somewhere. I promise. Just be patient, and I'll update as soon as possible. Read and Review please.