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Dias growled at Pride's words. "I don't give a rat's a** about your stupid ranking system!" He snapped angerly. Before giving anything another thought the Berserker charged at Pride.

You'll never win. He's Zexion's Heartless...he'll figure out your move two steps ahead of you. Not to mention he's faster. Saix told Dias. He may have been trying to gain control again, but he would rather live then have Dias kill himself and take the Ex-Nobody with him.

Dias growled, and stopped a few feet from his target. Saix was right...for once. Dias' growls never stopped as he glared angerly at Pride, tail flickering madly in clear aggrivation.

Savannah

Frowning as Xigbar ran off, with his proverbial tail between his legs, Tifa felt a faint wave of disgust - if there was one thing she hated, it was a coward.

However, she didn't have any spare time to waste even as she watched Saix become Dias again. Her distaste for the freeshooter's actions turning to something akin to confusion and a strange sense of apprehension, Tifa turned back to Saix/Dias, trying to figure out the best course of action. Should she attack, try to stop him again?

She watched as Dias' tail flicked angrily; it was clear that he was aggravated, but what was she to do? What could she say?

Dias hissed in pain as he was grabbed by the mane and forced to hear his words. All he could do was growl and glare at the Heartless before he cried out in pain as he was thrown through the air, sliding a good ten feet, half of which he had plunged into the shallow water of the Oasis.

As he got up moments later, fur dripping wet with cold water. Before he could react to the attack on him, Pride was gone again. "Damned coward. Running off like that." He whispered angerly, not caring if anyone heard him, he wasn't talking to them anyways.

Tifa started, alarmed as Pride picked SaixDias up easily and tossed him a good distance away. No matter what happened, that body was still Saix's!!

She didn't bother with watching Pride's departure - there were so much more important things to tend to.

"Saix!!" Tifa cried as she bounded over to her lover. She didn't care if it was Dias now and he would probably rip her apart in a second flat, but this was Saix's body!

Stopping just in front of him, regarding him worriedly to make sure that he wasn't severely hurt anywhere, Tifa simply shook her head. "Hey...are you all right?"

Let this be Saix, please let this be Saix....

Holy s**t!!

The mere sight of Pride tossing the larger Saix around like a rag doll made the ex-knight stop in his tracks. His momentum caused him to slide along the Oasis ground a few feet, scraping up his legs, but in his shock he failed to notice. All that was running through his mind right now was the vision of the former Organization member being propelled forward by the Heartless, and then said Heartless leaving in a portal of darkness. Dammit, as soon as I figure out what's going on, one of these damn Heartless come and ******** everything up.

Now that the threat from the Heartless had diminished and Saix seemed to be coming back in control of his body, Seifer realized he had a choice to make: stay with the group or go to Balamb solo. His millitary training had taught him to never abandon his party when they were still alive; yet, he had promised Kairi he'd see her in Balamb. He had also promised to meet up with Leon somewhere, and more than likely the SeeD would be heading to Balamb as well. Looking over at Tifa trying to comfort Saix only strengthened his resolve. They need some time alone.....and I need to see Kairi. I hope they don't get mad.

Focusing his mind on the card he knew was near him, he whispered the destination he wanted to go and in a flash was gone.

Pride Lands--Oasis

Axel watched, intent, as Pride picked up and left. Tifa was the first to see if Saix was still Dias, who he found out about over the web. Okay, then. Still Dias.

Oh--wait. Nah. That was Saix. Must have changed.

"If I can...I am going to the World That Never Was...I have unsettled business I need to finish there."

Bah. Not that place. Axel was in no real hurry to go back th--

"Axel, I would suggest you come along as well....."

...And of course. He doesn't want to go, and Saix says he should. Well...Just kind of saying no would work. But he really wasn't in the mood for that. A slight grogginess still hung over him as he nodded.

"Yeah, I guess."

Outside the Jungle

Damn their under-sized copter. It’s no wonder that Rufus wanted to go with Elena. That and Reno hated it when Tseng was right. There was only room for one other passenger. Sadly enough, that wouldn’t be Vincent. It seemed that Reno would have to make the best of his situation when cute little Marina arrived. It just seemed that the three of them would be arriving in Edge sooner than the others.

What a pain.

This trip was much quieter than their previous one. There were no arguments (or jokes on Reno and Rufus’ part). It seemed that Tseng sucked all the fun out of the atmosphere. The prospect of seeing what strange transformation their female Turk comrade had undergone helped Reno pull through his trip of misery and despair.

Soon enough, the copter landed in a sprawling desert adjacent to a large jungle. Unbuckling his seatbelt and standing, Reno opened the copter door. “Well, no use hanging around here, yo!”

It wasn’t until Reno had taken quiet a few steps out and away from the copter that he realized something just was not right. He was lower to the ground and… fuzzy?!

“What the HELL?!” the Turk shouted, examining every inch of his transformed body.

The thought that he may undergo the same transformation as Vincent and Marina never occurred to Reno. Instead of the lanky red-head in a messily arranged suit was a long, thin lion with pale fur and a thin, unruly mane of auburn. Atop his head, however, still remained his goggle-like goggles.

Falling to the ground in utter defeat, Reno whimpered, “Good god why me?”