"I have come to ask a great favor from you."

Remora…a new damsel in Spira, wishing for the safety of all people. I have heard of your new awakening.

"I have come…to ask of your assistance, to help rid Spira of the horrible enigma, Sin."

It is not as simple as it seems to defeat Sin by asking us for help. It'll take more than power to defeat this horror.

"I've heard."

It'll take…courage…brute force…and you won't succeed alone.

Remora, damsel of dainty, I will lend you my strength. Use it with care and diligence. Rid Spira of this tragic beast.

Ixion's words flowed through her mind as she continued to walk forward down the tiled road away from the temple with her guardians and Yuna. There next turn was to lead to another road that reached the Moonflow, where 'Shoopufs' usually make territory. Remora also read about the Moonflow, not too long ago before she found her first book about Spira with the help of Fang. The road was quite bright looking. Every corner besides the road there were grassy fields and tiny flowers blooming out from beneath the grassy shields. A butterfly flew by as Remora took long steps on the rocky road, it nearly made her just want to fall onto the grass and rest. Despite that she had just woken up from Djose, she could recall the funniest moment of her life, Yuna with bed head. It was funnier because everyone teased her about it, even Auron. She smiled at the flashback of the silly morning as they continued to walk through the plain. Yuna noticed her suddenly eager smile and smiled with her, but with question.

"Something on your mind?"

"Yes. The moment you walked out of the temple with an afro." Remora cracked up.

"Ah! You're still thinking of that? I was in a hurry!" Yuna laughed along. They kept on talking on the way, but after a moment, Remora realized that there were two Ronso standing in the path; the same ones that were in Luca; that picked a fight with Kimarhi from what Tidus told her. They continued to walk until they were all in front of the two azul beasts.

"What's this?" One of the ronso said. Remora blinked as the two looked at Remora then glanced past her to Kimarhi. Kimarhi showed no expression as they stared at each other.

"Biran and Yenke come to tease Kimahri again?" He stated, as if he could read their mind. Surprisingly, he was wrong.

"No. Biran and Yenke come to warn Kimahri. There's rumor about disappearing summoners."

"That's what Isaaru told us about." Remora remarked. So it wasn't a laughing matter, and Remora wouldn't treat it like one.

"But that's too bad for Kimahri. Kimahri will lose horn and summoners. Poor little Kimahri!" Yenke had gloated. The group had ignored their taunts and walked past the two teasing Ronso.

"Do you suppose the rumors are true?" Yuna questioned, slightly concerned. Remora knew how she felt, considering that they were told by two people about the same situation and that they were both summoners.

"We don't know for sure. Hopefully we won't have anything to do with this." Lulu answered. By the time that they reached a shadowy overcast in the pathway, they reached the main area to the Moonflow. The group went the same direction but split different angles. Remora was staring at the floating lights wandering about above the dark lake, and Yuna was looking at the flowers that were bloomed around the edges of the lake looking awestruck. Auron and Tidus were standing behind them while Lulu and Kimahri were standing watching everyone from underneath the tree. Tidus spoke first.

"They say that at night, pyreflies will scatter all over the air, and the lake will glow." There were a combinations of 'ah's from the two amazed summoners.

"I wish we could stay to see!" Remora replied eagerly.

"Me too." Tidus said, also talking to Yuna, who looked as though she was going to say the same thing.

"And don't some of the shoopufs live here?" Remora asked.

"Some of them work here as carriage movers so that people can cross the moonflow." Wakka said, brushing a bit of his amber ice-cream hair.

"Are we going to cross it?" Yuna asked.

"We have to if we want to reach Guadosalem." Lulu replied.

Tidus was then sent to reserve a ride across for the group. Everyone else waited around the patio. Yuna had drawn a crowd over where she stood. Remora was around the other entrance to the Moonflow, lying comfortably on the grassy soil watching the lake from a sideways angle. She sighed deeply as she nearly dozed as she saw a few bugs actually spring up and fly to a new home as the sudden smothering interrupted them. She closed her eyes slightly, only seeing the dark sea and the tannish grass beneath her. Brushing her hair back with a pale hand, she had flipped to her other side, only to be greeted by a light doze. She did notice there was something weird going on with her hormones. More sleepy, migraines, hearing voices (Auron's not counting), garments feeling a little bit smaller, something was odd. She heard footsteps approaching her direction, but they were very light. Turning over on her back, she saw Lulu walking towards her, stopping when they were 4 feet away from each other.

"Remora, our crossing will be shortly, doing stay here too long."

"I won't. If I did, you'd come get me, wouldn't you?"

"Maybe." Lulu teased. From that answer, Remora wanted to wake herself up a bit more by slapping herself once. She then just slid over so she could lean on the tree, to rest and to watch for any more notifications. She wondered how Fang and Mom were doing back at home without her. She hoped they didn't completely loose their minds; she knew how important she was to them and the rest of the city, now compare that to how special she seemed to be in Spira. She looked up, seeing that the sun was setting down slowly, reminding the world of the later dark. It was a little moment before Remora thought that the group's crossing was next, so she sat up to bring down her hair to it's original form and brushed the dust off of her dress. She then began to walk ahead where their shoopuf awaited departure.

Getting on the shoopuf seemed a little more startling than Remora thought. When they were all lifted to the carriage that was on the shoopuf's back, it seemed amazingly high, actually making the shoopuf look a lot bigger, but she wasn't afraid. Luckily, they all fit inside. Auron wouldn't stop telling Yuna and Remora to be seated at all times, like he was a teacher of sorts. The Moonflow gatekeepers did say something about being on the lookout for Al Bhed, so maybe it was why Auron seemed a little demanding. Remora never knew that Shoopufs could cross the sea. They were a little bit like elephants, only a tad bigger and their nose circled into a spiral. Kimahri had told Remora an interesting story about when Yuna was little and they crossed the Moonflow at one time. Yuna had fell off the carriage into the water, and the shoopuf lifted her with its long nose, and Yuna jumped back in the lake for fun. Sounded like a cute story to her, and it kind of made her wish she was in Spira back then to see it for herself; it would have made her laugh like she never had before. The person (at least she thought it was) who was directing the shoopuf was a hypello, another type of species in Spira, and an odd type too. It was the height of an average human, but all of its body was a deep blue and it's eyes and ears (?) were rather large, and they also spoke in a way in which you couldn't tell if it was a sentence or a question they were speaking.

Kimahri had told everyone that he could hear something in the water, but no one else could hear anything; that or it was the shoopuf making the water sloshes itself, or there really was something they were missing. But after a moment, the shoopuf stopped suddenly, acting startled, and shadows below the lake actually shown on the surface circling the large disturbed creature. The hypello had said something that Remora couldn't really understand, but her and Yuna stood a little to look over the carriage to see what was really happening.

"You both sit down." Auron said sharply.

"Ah- yes." Yuna replied. They both sat but as they went to their recent position, three men had jumped out of the water and hopped on the shoopuf to get a hold of Remora and Yuna. They both cried out in surprise as they were then taken down into the water with the assaulters. Remora then realized that her pendant was glowing again; it started out as a flashing green, but then it glowed a long orange hue once they had hit the water. She opened her eyes once the men had suddenly let go, and she realized that she and Yuna were held trapped in a sort of contraption that looked like a mechanical squid. Remora didn't completely lose hope, because she realized once they had got pulled in, Tidus and Wakka immediately jumped down to follow them and bash the machine they were stuck in.

It only took a matter of time to destroy the machine. Remora and Yuna were brought back to the carriage where the shoopuf awaited them. They were still drenched from the attack, yet they would dry off soon. Remora was lucky that the fabric in her dress was thick; since it was white and if it was a thin cotton, it would be unpleasantly see-through.

"Are you both alright?" Lulu asked with concern and relief at the same time.

"We're fine. We just needed to take a dive." Remora joked. Yuna chuckled at her reply. The rest of the trip was silence as the shoopuf made its last step towards the other side of the Moonflow. The group afterwards was dropped off at the southern station, and had reported the assault, making the guards on more of the lookout for Al Bhed, since they were the ones that probably attacked. They had taken a small break before beginning to walk again, but Yuna had saw that the machine that got dismantled underwater actually floated to the surface of the lake. The group stayed behind, but Tidus walked on ahead to see if anything else was needed to be seen.

"Hey."

...

"Hey! Are you both okay?"

Fang could hear voices, but from the beating she had just got, she could have sworn she was dreaming. Her suit felt awfully heavy and warm from being underwater the majority of her time. She let out a little noise of what sounded like a groan as she slowly sat up to get on her knees. The helmet she was wearing was really squeezing her head and she thought she felt her skin swell a bit from the fabric the suit was made of. It wasn't exactly comfortable. She didn't bother to look at who was in front of her, or if Rikku -who laid next to her- was awake. Instead, she stood, a little sloppily, and began to unarm herself, from head to toe. She took off her face mask first, bringing in some air to touch her face, and her helmet slid off as her voluminous hair fell to her shoulders. She was then beginning to undo her suit, unzipping it from behind, actually hearing the boy's surprise in front of her. As her suit slid off, her real garments were revealed, even though she knew that wasn't what the person in front of her was expecting. Her shorts were tight and leather black, and her halter was white and pinstriped with black and red. She wore silver flat-wedged boots that went up to her knees with one of its straps actually wrapped around her legs. She exhaled as if she just took a break from digging graves as she wiped her forehead of some water droplets.

"I thought...I was a goner."

As soon as Fang said that, Rikku had gotten up and done the same process.

"Thought we were done for back there."

"Rikku? Is that you!?" Tidus asked.

Rikku waved politely and smiled as Tidus approached the two girls.

"But wait...what happened to you two?"

Fang then spoke. "You beat us up, remember?!" She accused, jabbing a guilty pointer finger into his chest.

"Wait...you mean...you all were the kidnappers!?"

Rikku and Fang looked at each other for a moment before slightly giggling nervously.

"Um...yeah, that was us...kind of." Fang confessed, smiling yet looking a different direction.

"What? What was that for? You almost hurt Yuna and Remora!"

That made Fang perk up a bit. "Wait...she's here? With...you?!"

"Um, yeah, you didn't realize that?" Tidus said, looking a little confused.

The moment that the slight confusion started was when the rest of the group walked down to join him, and Fang gasped as soon as she saw Remora, as Remora did the same looking at her, and they both didn't recognize each other at first; but then...

"Fang!?" Remora shrieked, eyes shrunk as small can get, as she ran up to her.

"Oh my god..." Fang said silently yet strongly. She stood a little frozen as Remora ran up to embrace her tightly. For a moment, she was motionless, then she stood back to smile, but then agony had suddenly sunk into her, and she slapped Remora without thinking. Remora stood shocked with her hand covering her burning cheek.

"Ow...what was that for?" She questioned. At that point, small yet many tears began to trace down Fang's face.

"For leaving without a trace..." She said quietly, choking back more tears. Remora's eyes had dilated, she probably would have expected something like that to happen the next time they were face to face. Her face slunk slightly, her expression a little blank, yet inside she was wracked with guilt.

"I'm sorry. I had no other choice." There was silence, and Remora forgotten that everyone else was still behind her, listening with curiosity.

"...I know." Fang mumbled. She went back to embrace her tightly, just thankful that she could see her again, that she could feel her slightly pale yet warm comforting skin; she'd be more than devastated if she were dead. The hug broke after twelve good seconds and Remora exhaled relieved of her temporary depression, for now.

"How did you find me?" She asked. Fang paused for a moment, her finger wrapped around her own chin as she looked up looking a little dazed.

"I think...a spirit told me. A woman, I think, but I never found out who she was...or who was after you."

"Who's after me?" Remora asked, surprised.

"Well, I don't know, and I don't know who you've been seeing...besides these people." Fang's vision then focused on the people behind Remora who were watching them intentionally from behind. Yuna seemed to be the only one showing a real smile as they all then stepped forward.

"These are my guardians. You see, I'm a summoner now, and they were selected to protect me."

"So...you both know each other, ya?" Wakka asked, arms crossed with interest.

"Oh, yes. She's my best friend from my home. We've known each other since we were infants." Remora explained. But then something else struck her mind. "But wait...did something bad happen to home again!? What about mom?"

"You're mom's...just as depressed as I was, but she's fine. And no, nothing happened that was disastrous, the woman that told me to come here gave me a little shortcut."

"I see...oh wow...I didn't tell my mother anything either. How am I...going to face her once I go home?"

"I'm not sure. But I didn't say anything either when I got here, so when we both go back, we'll have a lot of explaining to do." Fang said. "But wait...when are you-...we going to go home?"

Remora sighed for a moment, then looked back to her group, then the road ahead. "Not anytime soon." She said, holding her hair back, as it was being blown by a bit of wind. "A summoner is like a full-time job times ten, you know. These people need me; and unfortunately for everyone else back at Siren, I can't leave until we complete our task."

"What is your task, anyway? That was one of the things I wasn't told about." Fang said.

"To defeat...Sin."

"Sin?"

"A beast that's threatened Spira for over a millennia now. If there was a Sin on Earth, it probably would have been destroyed by now."

"Is it that bad?" Fang asked, eyes a little wide.

"...Yes." A moment of silence.