The Chasers: New World Locket

[Reno]

Roxas cried out loudly, his head arching back, seeing only stars. the position was perfect for him too. Axel was aimed in just the right way. "god Axel!!" He cried, gripping onto the sheets hard. He was quickly losing all sorts of rational thought. He couldn't really do much in this position besides writhe and cry out.
His hand shot up, wrapping around one of Axel's bony shoulders as he continued. they werenl;t going to last long.


Terra smirked at the other, kissing along his jaw. then his fingers clenched around the other's hips, guiding him up, then back down. He groaned low in his throat, eyes lidding. "Nngh... Ven." He hissed, licking his tongue across the other's ear, before doing it again... and again... and again.

[Rikugurl]

Axel shook as he pushed in harder and deeper, trying to move as fast as he could without breaking his dick from the angle. He shivered more, watching the one below him as his legs started to become unstable. "Haaa AAHH!" He closed his eyes, feeling a push go through his groin. It was way to quick... but that was to be expected with new positions.

Green exotic eyes opened wide as his back arched. "ROXAS!" He called out as he pushed in all the way one last time, white liquid pushing inside the other. He shuttered, lowering Roxas a bit so his lover wouldn't cum all over himself. He panted as he rode out his orgasm a bit before watching Roxas with his.


Ventus gasped as he felt the kiss. Any touch now seemed to throw him over the edge. The room was hot and it seemed impossible to breath anymore. Lust circled in his head and he was suddenly coming down on a large member. "Haa.... haa!!" He gasped and moaned every time he would be brought back down. His eyes were low or closed at every connection, but he knew Terra's eyes were on him... soaking up the view.

It started to get harder and faster and Ven's sweaty hand finally gripped onto sweaty shoulders. He clenched his teeth as he started to push on the strong shoulders, now riding it himself. Saliva poured from his mouth as sweat ran down his back. The hot liquid dripped down on his own trembling member. "fuck..." He would pull up slowly then pushed down hard. "fuck..." Pulling up slowly again and leaning into Terra, making the other's member press hard against on of the wall to force more pressure onto them both. "fuck...!"

He could only do this a few times before he suddenly lean back. His back arched, making his chest pull up. His hands reached back onto Terra's knees as his neck arched. He pushed and leaned himself hard on the other's member.... until he lost it. His eyes rolled in the back of his head and he screamed out. White liquid shot up and landed on both of them.

Ventus slowly slummed back forward, moving his hips ever so lightly to ride out the pleasure. Under his breaths, lustful cussing could be heard and finally the blonde hair pressed up against the other's chest.

[Reno]

Roxas gave a cry as the other climaxed inside of him, his muscles clenching around him instively. Seconds later, his whole body arched. "Oh god!" He choked. "Ah... Ah!! AXEL!" He cried out, eyes squeezing shut as he came, his hips shuddered against the other's.

Moments later his legs were let go, and they tingled all over as blood rushed back into them quickly, He chuckled at the ticklish sensation, and groaned as Axel moved out of him.

He was too lazy to move, or even open his eyes. He just felt it as Axel cleaned him off and brought him into the warm security of the other's arms, happily dozing off moments later, content smile upon both their faces.


Terra kept his hands the other's hips even as the blonde took control. He gasped out, panting hard as the other rode him. his whole body shuddered pleasantly, his hands moving with the other's movements. When Ven leaned in, it was becoming too much. "Ah shit!" He cried out.

Heat was pooling quickly in his groin, feeling his member pulse as the other arched backwards. His vision was darkening around the edges as lust and need consumed him completely. Muscles clamped down hard and Terra echoed Ven's cry, his own back arching, leaning back on his hands as his hips shoved upwards just as the other came down.

He shivered hard, cum coating Ven's insides and he gasped out. Ven was slumped against him now, both their bodies twitching as they rode out the pleasure. Terra blinked away the dark sight around him, raking his fingers through the other;s hair. "fuck that was good." he mumbled, kissing the other on the temple.

The stayed like that for a few moments more before Terra distangled himself from the blonde, laying him out on the bed. He lapped up the cum that had coated his lover;s stomach, wiping the cum on his own off with his fingers. He pulled the blanket up and over the both of them, kissing the other softly on the lips. "Love you fucker." He said with a grin.

~~~~

Terra's eyes opened slowly, his body stretching out against Ven's. He yawned, before glancing out the window. It was still somewhat dark, the sun not yet making it over the horizon. He gauged maybe another hour before it rose. Another hour before his plan could come into motion.

He looked down at the other, happily sleeping. The wound had been taken care of last night - once the afterglow had passed Ven had kicked him off the bed, complaining about how much his shoulder fucking hurt and the land keyblader had laughed, obligatorily getting the stitches. He had the wound cleaned, stitched and bandaged easily, and soon they had gone back to bed.

"Hey," Terra murmured softly, running his fingers down the other's face. The blonde groaned under him. "Think you can walk?" Another grumble - a definite negative. "Eh that's okay I can carry you. Think you can get up?" A whine and a mumble of 'why?' "Just trust me. You're gonna love it." Ven gave him a skeptical look but sighed, getting up all the same. Ven, like his twin, could easily get up in the mornings. It had always been Terra who had had trouble getting up - but not this day. That's because he had something real special waiting for the other.

Terra had to help the other stand while he got on his pants and had made sure to drape a jacket across his shoulders after Ven put on one of his flimsy shirts. What they were about to do wasn't exactly going to be warm. After that they got into their shoes, quickly doing their basic bathroom routine - minus the shower which Terra said they could do once they got back.

Thirty minutes later, after dressing, brushing teeth and straightening hair, Terra had a grumbling, cursing blonde in his arms while he walked down the streets - everything bluing around them as the sun got closer to the horizon. "No one's around to see you. Don't worry." Terra laughed. And why would Ven be worried about that? Because Ven had a bandana around his eyes, effectively blindfolding him.

Terra was pretty sure the only reason the blonde hadn't decked him yet because he was too curious to know where he was taking him. which worked fine for Terra.

The walk took about twenty minutes. Terra was sure glad he was strong - this little surprise would have been impossible otherwise. He stopped in front of a booth that Ven couldn't see, smiling.

"Uh... for... two?" A guy said suspiciously.
"Yes - and don't you dare touch that blindfold Ven!" Terra said. He swung the other down on his feet, firmly wrapping an arm across his shoulder, pinning both arms effectively while he reached into his pocket - getting out the gil amount they needed for the trip. Ven had, after all, been able to exchange some of their munny for this foreign cash.
"You sure uh... he's gonna be okay?"
"Yeah, he'll love it. it's me we gotta worry about." Terra joked with a feral grin.
"Alright, uh... this way." the vendor said, sounding much like he thought the two were utterly odd.
Terra swung Ven back into his arms, following after.
"Which one would you like?"
"Mmm... oh that one's perfect!" Terra said, nodding. They were led over to something - Ven still didn't know what it was and the curiosity by now was killing him. The vendor and Terra exchanged some quick, idle conversation, words being exchanged that Ven wouldn't understand yet. "If you want to do this... and if you want to do that... and watch for..."

Seven minutes later, Terra set Ven down slowly on a surface that crunched lightly under his feet. "No peeking yet." Terra jumped beside him, and there was a sound almost like fire starting and air releasing while something metal was tampered with.

"Alright your ready to go!" Their vendor said.

Terra was very, VERY aware of what he was doing. He would curse himself later about it. But this wasn't for him. It was for Ven. "Not yet." Terra reminded when he saw the other's fingers twitching curiously. The morning breeze picking up around them, making both of them shiver, but soon Terra was at Ven's side, offering a warm presence while the sun warmed their backs.

"Okay... now." Terra mumbled, his trembling fingers reaching up, hooking under the edges of the blindfold. This was perfect. He tugged the bandana off slowly.

Ven was now able to see the sight around them. Rolling hills of the countryside was revealed, jutting mountains in the distance, just beginning to light up with the rising sun. The sky above was a soft blue, the colors of the sunrise just starting to recede, fluffy clouds closer then ever before. Behind them was the rolling ocean and the rising sun, colored beautifully. And straight down - a LONG way down now - was the town of costa spread out below them. Terra hated it cause well... he hated heights but he tried to ignore that fact. so instead he concentrated on Ven's face, trying to gauge his reaction.

"I remember... when me and Ven were young... We used to look up at the sky every morning and watch the balloons fly in the sky. We Akbarans used to hold races and everything. Ven begged our mom almost every month to go on one - he always wanted to see that sight. I, personally, always wanted to compete in the races." Sora murmured, running his fingers through Vi's fur. "We were a wind-oriented world and the hot air balloon festival was our proudest times of the year."
"Hot... air balloon?"
"Yeah! It's a BIG balloon with a little basket that flies in the sky - reaaaallly high."
Terra shuddered. "That's FUN?! Dear god you akbarans were sadists!"
Sora laughed, patting him on the shoulder. "It was the best! Especially in the morning when the wind's calmest and the balloons were all lazy and stuff. But I guess... me and Ven won't ever get to experience that."

They were in a basket... of a hot air balloon. the balloon itself was colored blue, swirls of white designed on it like wind. "S-So um..." Terra nervously stuttered, trying to break the silence that had fallen around them, fingering the bandana in his hands. "What do you think?"

[Rikugurl]

OOC: TAT~~~~~~ OMG!

The inn was quiet and peaceful in the twilight hours before the sun rose. The five couples slept soundly along with the two children. Xio was content on the floor, the bed not big like their one at home to hold him too. Vi was sleeping outside her families door, the bowl of milk all licked up.

the bed shifted in a section of the in as a brunette awoke. The blonde next to him was in a deep sleep, dry sweat sticking to his face. However, when he felt something on his check, he grumbled, shifting to his side. A question was asked... something about moving. Moving wasn't something he wanted to do all too much of at the moment. When another question was asked, he knew he wasn't going to be able to go back to sleep.

He sighed in defeat as dark blue eyes opened and looked out, then up at the other. "Why...?" He mumbled out.. the sun wasn't even up yet. When he heard the reply, he blinked a bit but groaned, moving up the best he could. The stitches in his shoulder were still tight, making him wince a bit as he slowly tried to stand on shaky legs. He held onto Terra as he helped him pull on his jeans and a light t-shirt. He felt a heavy jacket roll over his shoulders, making him wince once more. Why would he need a jacket on a tropical resort?

He was walked to the bathroom slowly and Ven tried to function the best he could. He brushed his teeth, leaning over the counter the best he could as Terra did his business next to him. A brush was wet and pulled through sticky hair, pulling out most of the sweat. He wet a wash cloth and started to rub down his face, neck and upper chest and shoulders that could be seen from the shirt. He towel dried his hair was was soon pull away from the bathroom.

"This had better be fucking worth it dickhole..." He mumbled as they walked slowly out of the inn. When they reached outside, Ven was placed up against the wall. He blinked when Terra wrapped a blindfold around him and frowned. What was all this? He felt the strong arms around him as they started to slowly walk off. The twilight air was starting to get warm and Ven sighed. What would people think if they saw them like this?

Oddly enough, Terra soon told him the answer.
The walk seemed like forever with how slowly they moved. Ven's shoes scuffed on the sand and now dirt road as they continued to walk. He frowned as they suddenly stopped and he heard another man's voice. What... was going on? He was suddenly moved to an off position and winced, his stitches pulling as he heard the sound of money. Now he was really curious...

He was pulled back up and growled a bit as they started to walk. Did he look like a fucking rag doll to Terra!? They stopped again and heard the men talk. The wind was more here... he could tell they were no longer at the beach. Akbartains were sensitive to the wind... at least he was... he wasn't too sure about Sora. He blinked under his blindfold as as he was pulled up and then was seated on... straw?

He suddenly heard cracking of fire and the blowing of it too and slowly his body started to..... float? The sounds... they sounded... all too familiar... but from where?A few more minutes passed, sounds of fire blowing and creaking of straw could be heard. His fingers gripped onto the straw... wanting so badly to see what was going on. He stopped when he heard Terra and then soon felt him close besides.

He caught his breath as Terra pulled off his blindfold.
Blue eyes were revealed as the black fluttered away and they quickly grew wide.

"Soran! Come on!" He pulled his twin out of the bed and raced to the large window in their room. He pushed the window opened and looked out happily, the calm winds blowing in. His big blue eyes looked up at the sky, seeing large balloons of all colors. It was the most special time of the year. The Akbar Annual Balloon Festival. It was held in the spring and the roadsides were alway decorated with colorful ribbons and small balloon trinkets.

Everyone was so happy... everyone loved the balloons. The balloonist were always proud to show off their works of art at the launching field where the whole world gathered.

The blonde looked at his twin who was by his side now. "I bet mommy and daddy will let us ride THIS year!" He quickly ran out of the room and down the hall. "Mommy! Daddy!"
A man looked down and smiled. "Happy Festival Day, Ventus."
"Do I get to ride one this year??" The boy's eyes grew more.
The man smiled and picked up his son. "No, son... I'm sorry but you're still too small. Maybe next year."
The blonde pouted. "That's what you said last year!"
The man laughed and nodded. "Well... we'll just have to see how you and Soran grow."

A woman walked in and smiled, holding large lollipops in the shape of balloons. "Look what I got for my two wonderful boys on Festival Day!"

Ventus quickly stood up, making the basket sway a bit. His hands gripped onto the side of the basket and looked out. His eyes were wide as he took in the view, the wind pushing through his hair perfectly. His mouth was gapped with aw... his eyes started to water. Ever since he was taken away from Akbar... the balloons had disappeared.

His breath caught as he blinked slowly, looking at everything. He slowly closed his eyes, smiling at the wind blow on his face. He could feel the basket shake unsteadily as another stood from his seat. Tears ran down soft cheeks as he looked down, a small laugh choking out. He slowly turned to Terra, tears in his eyes and streaming down his face. He suddenly moved over and wrapped his arms up and around the other's neck. His face was buried in Terra's shoulder as he started to cry. Like Roxas so many years ago... he didn't understand why he was crying... if he was so happy.

He felt arms around him and cried even harder, the tears seeping into the man's shirt. Slowly he pulled away, his face messed with tears as the large blue eyes looked up to gaze at the man. His hand pulled down, rubbing the soft cheek of his lover. His mouth quivered as more tears fell from his eyes. "I... I'm so lucky..." He choked as he pulled Terra into a passionate kiss.

[Reno]

OOC: XDDDDDDDDD totally worth it right?
And I guess... you meant 1 YOUR time not mine?

The poor land keyblader, like Ven, had felt something once they took off from the ground. More like a lose of sense really. Atterians, unlike Akbarans who used wind, used the tremors of the ground to orient themseleves and once it was missing they were all accutately aware of what they lost.

At least his fear of heights wasn't as bad as his fear of closed in spaces. He could get over heights - most of his FIGHTING took place on high up places just because he seemed to be incredibly unlucky like that. And... truthfully when he had Ven by his side he felt a lot safer. The other was wind, his whole life seemed like it was up in the sky... and held never let Terra fall.

Terra looked at Ven in surprise as the other started crying, but he knew the other wasn't sad - he was happy. Because Terra could feel it - the warming in his heart, the pleasant tingling in his stomach, the jitteriness in his arms and legs. They were signs of happiness.

He smiled softly as arms wrapped around him, tears soaking his shoulder, and wrapped his own arms around the other. He ran some fingers soothingly through Ven's hair, trying to help him calm down. When the other pulled away he looked down, staring into the glimmering blue eyes.

"I... I'm so lucky..." Terra's eyes widened a fraction, a light blush dusting his cheeks. W-what...? And then their lips met in a kiss and his eyes fell shut, kissing back. They stayed like that for what seemed like eternity, locking in each other's arms, tongues dancing together, the rising sun and beautiful scenery the only witness to this expression of love.

But the lovers had to breath at some point. Terra broke away with a small gasp, grinning a bit. "Silly." He reached up, brushing away the fallen tears. "You're not suppose to cry when your happy."

He leaned in close, lips brushing the others as he spoke. "Wanna learn how to work it?" He murmured. He had a feeling they'd be lazing around in the sky for awhile though. this was one of Ven's dreams and truthfully Terra didn't mind if they stayed up here allll day.

[Rikugurl]

Ven smiled as he felt the tears wiped away. He closed his eyes as Terra brushed his lips with him once more and nodded. "Yea." He said softly as he looked at the other's blue eyes.

Why can't I stay up here with you forever....?

He smiled as he watched Terra move to the middle where the gas chamber was.
The blonde watched as Terra started to talk and demonstrate, like he was the master of balloonist. His heart warmed as he watched, feeling a bit proud that his lover knew how to work balloons... it was the best job on Akbar... and it was very impressive if your date or mate was a balloonist. It seemed pretty silly... but the Akbar life was so peaceful... enough for balloons to be a big deal.

Now he could finally show off to Sora.

His eyes widened as Terra moved out of the way for him to give it a try. The blonde bit his lip as he walked up next to Terra and looked up at the odd controls. He reached up and pulled on the lever, making a blaze of fire blow up and the balloons grew higher. A wide smile ran over his features and he laughed.

Terra must of seems stunned. For such a bad mouthed man, something so simple made him so happy. He let the lever go and looked out, watching the world pass them by. The wind pushing the balloon lazily along. Ventus didn't even know that other worlds had these balloons... but he was happy they did.

He slowly left Terra's side and walked to where the door was, leaning out and looking down. They were pretty high up. Slowly he unlatched the door and it opened wide. The blonde stepped to the edge and left the wind blow around him. He looked back at Terra and held out his hand. "Wanna come with me?"

[Reno]

Terra smiled at the other;s affirmative, not surprised in the least. He grinned, nodding and walked over. It wasn;t really so hard. Now flying an airplane - THAT would be hard.

After Sora had told him about hot air balloons Terra had actually consulted the one thing that made sense to him - books. They told him alot, about what they were made of, how they operated, how the air pressure system worked. It was really amazing how such a simple design could do something as amazing as this.

But actually operating it... was even more amazing. He blinked half-way through his demonstration, grinning at Ven, feeling his own heart warming. Once he was finished explained what each lever did he stepped aside, motioning for Ven to give it a try.

To say Terra was stunned was probably and understatement. He was absolutely shocked at the other's happiness. But he couldn;t help but smile. The other looked... well like he was living in a dream. the childish happiness was in his eyes and it made the Atterian happy he had been able to bring his lover this simple pleasure.

The wolf blinked curiously as the other left his side, only to... unlatch the door. Ven turned back around, a michevious and playful light in his eyes and Terra knew exactly what the other was thinking.

"Wanna come with me?"

He blinked, surpirsed at the question. He looked down at the safety of the basket - which didn't feel all too safe anyways then to Ven who was asking if he wanted to... walk on air. Something he had never done - or even DREAMED of doing.

Well... he had to get over the fear sometime right? He walked over, smiling, taking the other's proffered hand. "Sure, why not?"

[Rikugurl]

Ven smiled as the other took his hand. He knew the man was scared of heights... and that was understandable since he was a land keyblader. He hoped that he could have the man concur his fear... seeing that his lover was a wind keyblader. People of Akbar weren't afraid of heights... they always had the wind to guide them.

He slowly put a foot out of the basket and as quickly as he did, wind was at his feet. He wondered if Aqua could walk on water. He smiled as he was now completely out of the basket, the wind holding him up as if it was majick. He took both of the man's hands and slowly led him out, the wind more stronger at Terra's feet since he was heavier... and didn't know how to walk with the guide of wind.

[Reno]

Terra watched Ven step backwards - something he'd seen the other do a million times. He'd seen Ven fly and hover and glide as if he owned the sky almost like a bird, uncaged, free...

But this was the first time Ven had ever invited him along for the experience. His arm stretched out as Ven stepped backwards, and then they reached out as one clasping their other hands together and Ven tugged him forward slowly, encouragingly.

Terra swallowed hard, keeping his eyes locked with Ven's as he stepped forward - his heart beating quicker and quicker because he knew the minute he finished this step, there would be nothing under him. No ground, no basket. Just air.

Don't look down. don't look down don'tlookdown. He repeated in his mind over and over, concentrating at Ven's reassured face as he lifted his other foot, and stepped completely out of the basket. Terra eyes shut tight, as he stood there, almost expecting the feel the horrible tightness in his stomach as he plummeted.

Ven chuckled at him, leading him to open one eye curiously. He blinked looking at Ven, then looked around. He bit his lip, caustiously looked down. It made his heart stopped for a second as his mind wheeled. There was nothing under his feet... except the soft swirls of air and the LONG drop down...

And he'd never felt more exilerated in his life. He really was! He was walking on air! He lifted his head then, grinning. "Wow! This is amazing!"

[Rikugurl]

Ven chuckled as he saw Terra shaking in his boots. Well... he suppose everyone would if they walked on air for the first time. Ventus had trained in the mountains of Land of Dragons to strengthen his ability over air and how to concur it. He didn't need any pixie dust to help him. He was also chuckling over quite an honest fact. "You're really heavy..." He said softly as the other was fully out of the basket. It was Ven's strength bring up the wind.

He smiled as he stepped back slowly, bring Terra away from the flying balloon. Now he could see the outside of it... making him smile more. It was blue with wisps of white.

This was the first... real heart warming thing they had done together... and he could really tell... how much Terra loved him.

Slowly he grew closer and wrapped his arms around the other's waist. "I'll show you something even better." He smiled as he looked up at the other, holding his waist tighter now... and they suddenly blasted off into the sky. Ventus smiled happily as they flew right into a cloud, feeling the small dew drops cover him as they went through and then busted out the top.

He stopped, making it seem like they were now walking on clouds. They were high up now, making it look like the clouds were the land... and the bright sun was above them.
"This is my land." He smiled proudly as he looked over the cloud valley. He looked up, seeing only small clouds above them.

[Reno]

Terra blinked at the comment and laughed. Well... he was about.... 183 pounds now. Yeah of course he was going to be HEAVY. Not everyone was a short, skinny little thing like Ventus.

Terra watched Ven admire the balloon, when suddenly arms where wrapped around his waist. "I'll show you something even better." Terra, getting a forbidding feeling, wrapped his arms around the other's shoulders. He felt the wind around them change and then suddenly they were lifting upwards, quickly. He glanced up, seeing the cloud above and then suddenly they went THROUGH them.

He chuckled at the cold sensation that ran over him. Clouds were made of water afterall.

When they stopped they were standing on clouds now. It was absoluteley breathtaking. Terra blinked, grinning and looked around. He turned to Ven. "I like your land." He said, leaning down to kiss him on the temple.

[Rikugurl]

Ven smiled more before taking Terra's hand and started to walk over the clouds. It was peaceful up there... obviously since no one was around for miles to bug them.

Olette blinked as she met the rest of the gang in the hallway, all ready for another day on the beach. She looked around, seeing that the Chaser leaders were gone.
"Hey... where is Terra and Venny?" She asked simply as everyone looked around.
She smiled and headed towards where their room was. "They must be sleeping... those lazy bums!"

She marched over and knocked... and knocked and knocked. She frowned. Usually they'd open the door at some point. They couldn't get into the room unless they had the card key either. She placed her hands on her hips and frowned. "TERRA! VENNY! Come on! I have to wake you two up even on vacation time!?"

Still no answer. She shrugged and shook her head, going back to the group. "Guess their vacation is full of sleep time." Not like they didn't deserve it. "Alright! Let's go have some fun!"

Axel glared at Roxas but grinned. "You'll be the one to buy ME all the ice cream today!"


The day continued like it did the last. The boys played volleyball... until Riku and Sora headed out to catch waves with Seifer. Roxas begged Axel to go but there was NO way the pyro would even splash in the water.... So Roxas and the girls started to bury the redhead under the sand and sculpted his body to look like a woman.

While the group was having fun on the sand, the two Chasers were in the sky. A hand was clasped around the other as they soared through, around and over the clouds, having the breeze through their hair. Small touches made them smile as they glided around. They even played a small game of tag around the balloon when Terra was feeling better about the protective wind.

[Reno]

Meanwhile, far, far away, a blonde with a sitar was giving a few young kids quite a lesson. He tapped his foot on the sand disapporving. "Now Now, you kids. You know it;s disrespectful to play in Regole's water!"

"But why?" The five-year old complained.

Demyx frowned a bit, then smiled at the eight kids he had found. It wasnlt uncommon for the little ones not to understand. "Here, I'll show you." he held his sitar lightly, strumming a few chords lightly and the water from the beach rose up in small streams, creating a circle.

The Kanji of the dragon's names took eight places within the circle - seven on the outer regions, and one right in the middle. "As you know Dragoon is seperated into seven regions. Damia - light. Zieg - dark. Freybrand - wind. Kongol - land. Hastchel - lightning. Dart- fire. Regole - water. But at the center of our world - where the crystal palace is said to reside - the place were the dragons had once lived before sepeated to protect our regions from warefare among each other - there is said to be an eighth dragon on which is the center of the other seven's power." The streams of kanji for the first seven dragons flowed and suddenly created a miniature circle around the eight dragon's kanji, "Her name is the Divine Dragon. And she is at the very heart of our world - she is the dragon of balance and is what keeps peace among the other seven."

The children watched the streams in awe, listening to the story intently. Demyx had learned quite abit about Dragonnian folklore. He quite enjoyed it really. "It;s said that the other seven dragons are her children - and if she were to ever catch wind of us humans harming any of her children - she will rise from the palace with avenegence - and completely destroy the region for even daring to disrespect the dragon she kindly let guard us."

The child 'eeped'. Demyx grinned. "that's why you need to respect Regole's home. She doesn't like it when you play in her front yard, polluting it and messing it up. So you better be nice to her... or the divine dragon will come and EAT YOU UP!" TYhe children cried out in fear and ran off.

Demyx laughed kindly, but strummed his fingers across the sitar, letting the water rejoin with the ocean again. He looked out towards the setting sun, grinning. "Good night Regole!!" He turned, walking back towards the temple in which Saix and him would eat dinner then settle down for bed.


"Give him an ugly fat body!" Roxas said, smirking evilly, lifting his shovel, a gleam in his eyes. Going on the beach after all this time had filled him with his old enthusiasm. He still remembered playful times of going to the beach with Hayner and the others - even if he couldn;t discern which memories were real and which were false. Like sora ghad said the memory was there and the feelings it stirred in his heart were real.

He REALLY remembered the anger he felt when he and Seifer got in a fight and the tallerblonde had made him eat dirt. That had not been fun.

"Yeah with saggy arms." Aqua teased, carving the body carefully. "And fat thighs!"


"Waaah!" Sora cried as he slipped off of his board again. He surfaced, laughing. This was just another sport that Tidus had always kicked his ass at. It was funny really, he could swing on vines, fly on a carpet and skateboard but he sucked at volleyball and surfing two sports he SHOULD have been good at considering where he lived the majority of his life.

"you have no sense of balance." Seifer said, his board coming up beside his.

Sora grinned then looked out further towards where Riku was flawlessly surfing. He grinned dreamily. "Yeah~ but Riku does." Tidus must have taught him some moves.

Seifer hit the brunette over the head. "no distractions!!"

"ow!"


"mommy mommy let;s collect seashells! Aunt Kairi and Namine'll love them!" Lucina cried, tugging her mother along. "Can we make pretty charms like they do?" She always admired Aunt Kairi's little trinkets she made with shells - she wodner if her mommy could do it too!

Even if she couldn;t that was okay. she was the ebst mommy in the world!!


Terra lgrinned, no longer really even feeling the fact that he and Ven weren;t on the ground. It was going to be a hell of a change when he did touch back down - but for now there was no worries, no hesitance, no nothing but him, Ven and the sky.

Playing tag had been fun - even if he lost because he was really too heavy and too new at this to manuvear himself around quickly and... styilistically like Ven did. Still he tried. Ven eventually took pity on him and let himself get caught.

But eventually realty came back to them as the sun began to set. They had to return to earth eventually - this day had seems so long yet so short...

"We'll do it again one day." Terra said with a grin as they brought the balloon back to the ground. the vendor retied it and they were on their way. It was time to get moving - their vacation was over.

Eh... and they also didn;t have enough money to spend for another day.

So, with much grumbling, sorrowful goodbyes, and promises of return the large group returned to the ship - and Seifer plotted a course for Axel and Roxas' home first. they had a LOT of paperwork to catch up on. Luckily Destiny was only twenty minutes away from that point anyways.

"Hey Riku," Sora said, lounging in the kitchen, grinning softly. "We're not to mention a word of this too Kairi - okay?" If she found out that they had taken off vacation time while school was in session and her daughter was happily waiting Sora's return... well he'd be smashed to a pulp.

Everyone else was milling about tiredly. The kids were already being put to sleep by their parents, Ven and Terra were taking a much needed shower together, Aqua and Fuujin were in the research room, Invidia and Xio seemed to be playfighting, and Roxas was behind Sora, rummaging through the fridge, looking for a midnight popsicle while Axel lounged against the counter. "They don't keep sea-salt on here." Roxas complained with a pout.

"We bought some!" Sora complained. "Before we left remember?! what happened to them all?"

"...comfort food." Roxas complained sulkily. The brunnette laughed.


"I can't believe Ven expects me to do his job." Aqua grumbled as she walked into the research room, her lover two steps behind her. Ven had wanted to get in the shower more then he wanted to sink into his precious little chair and headbang to his horrible rock music. There was a first time for everything she supposed.

she blinked, hearing a curious beeping from the computer, walking over to it. Her eyes narrowed, typing in a few things.

Message incoming from: 20:31. Message being receieved at 21:02. A message from connection 2... and being receieved thrirty one minutes late. Aqua bit her lip nervously, typing a few things down and the screen for connection 2 popped up.


Terra chuckled, drying off Ven's hair and when he pulled the towel away, grinned as the spikes shot up wetly. "Nice." His own hair had been patted down by the water, dripping wetly down his back.

Once he and the other were comfortably dry, they pulled on some clothes they had brought in with them - already getting ready for bed. "How's your shoulder feel?" Terra asked curiously, noting that Ven had finished dressing and opened the door to the bathroom.


"Goodnight sweetheart." Seifer murmured, kissing his daughter as she slept, hearing Olettte do the same with gunnar. He set her plushie down close by, before making sure she was tucked in and the two happy parents left the room.


A cry however stopped all conversation, all mirth, all wonderment - heads turned towards the research room in which Aqua and Fuujin where. Everyone moved as one, Terra and Ven, being the closest where able to sneak into the small room, while everyone else crowded at the thershold, throwing shadows across the floor.

Aqua had slumped into Ven's chair, her eyes widen with horror, a hand over her mouth. She barely felt Fuu's hand on her shoulder as the woman tried to calm her down. She blinked her eyes furiously, trying to stop the onslaught of tears as she looked at the screen.

Long ago, when Ven had discovered Dragoon wasn;t very technogolically advanced - and probably wouldn't be for many centuries to come, devised speacial chips to set into all seven regions so that all the dragons could be carefully watched over. Aqua had explained just how precarious balance would become if any of the dragons were harmed or - even worse - killed. The Divine Dragon was no joke in their folklore. She was the only one she had never been able to allow anyone to meet - she hadn;t even seen her herself. It was said she was bound by chains in the crystal palace - but the moment one of her 'children' were harmed the chains would break and she would rise to destroy... the region - or even the whole world.

The planet on the screen was a vibrant yellow, stating cautionary action. But two of the chips had already turned red - one in the fire dragon's region. Dart. and next in... in the water region. Regole. Either the dragons had been killed... or seriously wounded. And If the chips turned black... then it would tell them all that the entire region had been destroyed.

That was bad, real bad, whoever was doing it was moving quick. And... and if all seven dragons were harmed the divine dragon would be unstoppable.

Terra walked up beside the two, eyes narrowing and reading the screen carefully. He didn't even pause to think about it. "Seifer!" he snapped and the blonde tense. "Set a course to Dragoon now top speed! we need to get there NOW."

"R-Right!!" Seifer cried, shoving past the other's and hurrying towards the cockpit. He had a job to do.


It had happened just as the morning sun was rising. Demyx had been awoken by one of the worst screeches of his live. He shot up from his bed, gasping in fear and looking around terrified. Saix was already gone from his side, charging from the temple in nothing but his robe.

Demyx's heart stopped. Regole. Soemthing was wrong with her. He grabbed onto his sitar, not knowing if his music could help and chased after his lover, rushing out onto the sand. On the horizon he saw something even more terrifiying. Smoke. Lots of smoke was drifting above the mountains with bright flames dancing on the mountain tops - and he was terrified to think about what could have happened. Had Dart gone on a rampage?! Nothing else could of caused so much fire.

A second furious, pained roar shot his head towards the sea. Regole was above the water, closer to the sea then she had been in years - near by to the little inlet of spikes that Aqua had fought Axel in. bright red was streaming down her scales - a cut had been issued deeply in her side by who he didn;t know. Whoever had harmed her was already gone.

Regole in her fear and pain opened her mouth and shot a stream of water out, the pressure strong as it streamed through the air and crashed into the beach.

Demyx yelped, backing up some. "SAIX?!" He cried, looking for his lover, now unsure of where he had gone. panic was quickly consuming him. they needed to calm Regole down - or the divine dragon wouldn;t NEED to come out here. Regole would kill them all herself.

[Rikugurl]

As the blonde walked back to the temple on a high hill, someone was waiting on the door frame of the large doors. The sun was setting on the horizon and the light from it gleamed off his golden eyes. His arms were crossed as the blonde came up the stairs.
A small smile ran over his scared face. "Scaring the kids again?" He asked with his usual monotone voice. He only chuckled as his lover made a funny face before they both went into to enjoy a warm dinner of rice and meat.

Some long scrolls were hanging around the temple, the painted black kanji drying. Sai was busy making up ads for the monthly auctions. Since they had gone back to the bartering system once more... so the auctions were a pretty big deal. Things got carried away... so Sai always made sure everyone was fair with each other.


"HEY! I don't wanna be fat!!" The pyro whined as he squirmed a bit, making the sand around him shift. He was suddenly bonked on the by a shovel. "Stop that! You're messing us up." A little boy pouted as he put the shovel back down and continued to work on making Axel's hair look girly.


Fuu chuckled as Axel pouted and shook her head. "Besides... there's no way you could ever get fat Axel." That guys was the skinniest thing she had ever seen. Sora said he knew a guy named Jack that was skinner than him... she doubted it but she she said he was a SKELETON... then well... of course he was skinnier! HE HAD NO MEAT ON HIM. So in conclusion, only a skeleton was skinnier that Axel. She wondered what Roxas was feeding him... or the lack there of.


Olette looked back as she felt her suit get pulled at. "Oh... ok honey" She stood and pushed the sand off her knees and waved to the others. "Make sure to get a picture when you're done!"
Riku had a camera... and the little kids grabbed it before he could delete.... some pictures.

"Mommy, what is uncle Sora doing?" The little boy tilted his head as he looked at the picture on the screen of the camera before Olette took it from him. She blinked and gasped as she saw it. "OH MY GOD! RIKU!" She hollered as she rushed to him and hit him hard.
"OUCH!" The silverette looked down and frowned, only blushing when he saw the picture on the screen. Olette's eyes were furious as she stomped. "Are you TRYING to scar my children's minds!? Delete these pictures before everyone uses it!"

She huffed away, leaving Riku dumbfounded.

She walked over to the beach, looking around for pretty sea shells. They found some, along with fishing wire. They put them carefully in a bag and zipped it up tight. "Now when we get home, mommy will poke little holes in them with a needle and we can make necklaces!"


Riku smiled as he felt the air of the waves pushed his ponytail around. Tidus had given him some pointers while they were building the Kilika District in Destiny. Tidus sometimes showed him if they weren't too tired after a day of work. He had gotten pretty good at it... but it wasn't something he loved to do.


Ven smiled as they walked back to the resort. His body wasn't aching so much anymore, the wind had helped a lot to take away the pulled muscles and such. Their hands were together as they strolled onto the beach.
"There you are!" A chipper woman cried as she ran up to them. "So you weren't sleeping?"

Ven shook his head and smiled, almost dazing her with how happy he was. "Nope."
They all walked to the inn, meeting the group there. "Alright guys... vacation is over." Ven smiled as he broke the bad news, hearing the kids boo. Before they could all go to their rooms to pack up, Ventus passed Sora and leaned in so he could catch the other's ear. "I got to ride in a hot air balloon~~~" He teased as he continued to walk down the hall with his lover, looking back at Sora and winking.

When everyone was packed, they left the inn and headed towards the ship port before Olette suddenly cried. "Wait a minute!" She jumped and waved. "Let's all take a picture together!" The group looked at each other and shrugged, following the chipper woman back to the beach. They all huddled close together, but found out there were just too many to fit in the picture.

"Alright! Everyone who isn't a Chaser, get together!" Sora, Riku, Vi, Roxas, Axel, and Xio, all got together. Of course Sora was hugging Roxas tightly as the blonde pushed a smile to his face. Vi was by Sora's side and Xio besides Roxas. Riku was behind Sora, leaning a shoulder on him and grinning. Axel was behind Roxas, a shoulder leaning on him with a huge smile and a peace sign pushed out towards the camera.

The picture was snapped and the other walked back to look at it. "WOW! That's great!"Axel said happily. "Alright! Now the Chasers!"
She handed the camera to Riku... since it was his anyway, and walked towards the beach with her children, her husband, Aqua, Fuu, Ven and Terra.

Terra was in front of course and by his side was Ven and on the other side was Aqua. Seifer was by Aqua's side and Olette was by Ven's. Fuu was crouched in front of Terra, her arms wrapping around the kids. Everyone saluted in a cheesy pose as Fuu smiled.
"Great!" Riku called as he snapped it. They all came back and Olette seemed overjoyed.


Riku sat at the table, poking a little sunburn he got. In all his years of living on Destiny, he never got a sunburn... so why now. He looked back at Sora and nodded. "Yea... she'd kill you." He grinned. Namine was probably extremely disappointed in her first day when Ms. Tilmitt subbed for Mr. Holani.

Axel leaned next to Sora and yawned, his body too full of sunburn. He knew the night would be filled with cold aloe being plastered on him. He also had a sand rash on his ass that stung when he sat down. He looked down at his stomach as it started to grumble.


Olette kissed Gunnar's head as she nuzzled him. "Night tiger." She giggled as she handed him his moogle plush. She pushed their noses together and giggled more. "kupo~~~"
As for the seashell necklace, she promised Luci that they could work on it the next day.


Ventus yawned as he walked into the bedroom, blinking as he heard the question. A small smile ran over his face as he looked at his shoulder the best he could. "I can hardly feel it." Terra had stitched it up pretty well... twice. He wondered where Terra learned how to sew. He slowly walked over and was about to plant a sweet kiss on the other before he heard a horrible cry.

His blue eyes widened as he looked at the closed door. "Aqua!" He quickly raced out of the door and down the hall to his research room, not caring if he only had a towel around his waist. He rushed in, seeing Fuu's hand on her lover's shoulder as Aqua looked at the screen in terror. The first thing that came to his mind... was that Dragoon disappeared... but that was impossible... people still lived there... and a lot.

He heard other people try and peek into the room. His eyes darkened as he saw that two of his chips had turned red... one in the fire realm... and one... in Aqua's. He looked back at Terra as he called the order, seeing Seifer rush off quickly along with the two little kids in their pajamas. They were pilot aids right?


The gravity pull in the water stirred the blue haired guardian in their bed on the floor. His golden eyes slowly opened, hearing crackling of fire off in the distance with his acute sense of hearing. Regole was a damp realm... he only heard cracking of fire at night when people were trying to keep warm or cook their meals.

He knew... something was wrong. He slowly got up, not wanting to wake the sleeper next to him. He walked out of the room and into the shrine... and that was when he heard the screech. His eyes brightened as he suddenly pulled the two large doors wide open with ease and ran out.

As he rushed towards the beach, he slowly started to berserk. His ears pointed as his whole eyes were swallowed into bright yellow. His hair frizzed as he grew fangs and claws. He could see people already at the base of the beach, staring in horror. "GET TO THE TEMPLE!" The beast called and everyone looked back, seeing him rush towards them. They followed his lead and everyone started to run away towards the shrine.

Claws dug into the sand as he slid to a halt, the water wrapping around his ankles and wetting the bottom of his robe. Glowing eyes looked up at the fire, making him growl. He looked over to where Regole was just as stream of water came right towards the beach. It hit hard, pushing the guardian back. His whole body went under the water but as it washed away, he was revealed all wet.

He snarled as he looked through wet blue hair. Water was not something he was even close to being afraid of. He stood straight and suddenly moved his hands in a motion towards the mountains. His power over the moon's gravity forced large waved to crash onto the burning mountain. They continued to grow higher as Saix pulled in more power, making the water soon reach the burning top and put out a bit of the fire.

[Reno]

Seifer rushed into the room, jumping into his chair and swiveling it around. He quickly began to type in the new corrdinates, pushing at some of the levels to gain speed with the ship. They had just barely made it out of the 4th connection - they still had to completely run through the third. At top speed... it would take another 26 minutes.

Terra grit his teeth, staring at the screen. His eyes ran over the two areas that had been hit. Dart's region and Regole's were right next to each other. Dart's had gone red first. The cautionary signal had been receieved thirty minutes ago - Dart's had gone red fifteen minutes ago.

Regole's had only gone red about two minutes ago.

Terra blinked when the other's continued to stare inside, curiously and confused. He scoffed. "what are all you fuckers staring at?! Get ready for a fight!!" Most of them weren;t Chasers - but Roxas, Riku, Axel, and Sora all nodded like they were and spread off to get prepared for whatever was to come.

Terra put a comforting hand on Aqua's other shoulder. "Calm down. We don't know anything yet. Now come on you need to get ready too."

The blue haired woman nodded silently. She bit her lip. It was all they could do. She got to her feet, and she and Fuu hurried back for their room. Most everyone was still lounging around in sleep clothes or lounge clothes - nothing even slightly ready for fighting with.

Everyone was in a wild dash, jumping into showers together, slapping aloe on sunburns, and getting dressed. It took ten minutes consecutively for all of them to get completely showered - except for Seifer who was at the controls. Pushing the ship like this was dangerous and if he and his kids weren;t there to monitor it and change out the pressure systems the ship could easily go into critical mode. And then they wouldn;t be going anywhere. Also, Olette had stayed in the research room to watch the progress of Dragoon rather then getting ready right away.


"god, I guess we can never get a break." Sora said, tugging on a shirt. His necklace fell into place and damp spikes sprung around He like Riku had burned a little - pink stained across his cheeks and nose. "what was it we said about wild nights of sex before battles?" He teased as he slipped on pants, hurried shoving and zipping up shoes.

He was really worried though. He and Riku had met every single one of those dragons. All of them were sweet to a point, calm and caring.

He remembered Dart - the big red fire dragon who lived up on a volcano.


"Stop moving Ax." Roxas said, brushing his hands soothing down the other's body, trying to cover him with aloe. His one body was burned some as well - on his arms and elgs but not as badly as Axel. He knew it was kinda useless at this point but hell he wanted to try and ease his lover's pain before they went off to get into worse pain. Both their hair was wet after their quick shower to get off all the sand and to sooth burns.

"I thought you were one with fire?" Roxas joked. "how do you get BURNED?"


Aqua sighed tying the ribbon of her shirt almost mechanically, staring at herself in the mirror. Like the others she and Fuujin had hopped in the shower. Her blue hair was even darker when damp. She looked down at the little dragoon stone. It was no longer a vibrant blue, but a misty grey. She lifted it, trying to get a sight of the dragon... and wasn;t surprise when it wouldn;t come to her. She sighed, setting it back on it;s little stand.


Terra and Ven, who had alreadys howered, had no rpboelsm getting dressed quickly. Ven went to join Olette in the research room while Terra went to overwatch Seifer and the kids at the pilot's seat.

"Can't we go any quicker?" Terra demanded.

"Boss if we do, we aint getting there alive." Seifer said.

Terra sighed but nodded.

"what about me and Olette shouldn;t we get ready too?" Seifer asked.

"No." Terra said, loud enough that his voice would carry to the research room. "We still need two people on board and watch the progress of the other realms and keep us updated. You and Olette and the kids will stay here."

"got it." Seifer said, not arguing. It was a Chaser rule.


Seven minutes later, six people lined up in the area between the kitchen, research room and cockpit, standing side-by-side and silent. Terra walked out, looking over each. It had been seventeen minutes - that left them with nine more to go. All of them were ready for battle.


Meanwhile, those seventeen minutes had been absolutel torture for Demyx and Saix. Saix was desperately trying to put out the fire Dart must have started - but the dragon himself seemed to be no where in sight. He wasn't flying that was for sure and that was concerning. It wasn't uncommon for the two to be able to see the fluttering dragon high in the sky - though he had never crossed the border into the water region. Was unable too. It just wasn;t allowed - or at least no one had even seen it done before.

Though they could hear faint roaring from Dart's region. the dragon was alive and was streaming lots of fire...

While Saix despetely forced water down on the flames, Demyx was frantically strumming on his guiter. Regole was angry and trying to drown the town - similar to the tsuami that had taken away Destiny Islands. she continued to shoot torrents of water towards them - but now Demyx shot his own back, the to streams connected and blasting each other back down onto the ocean.

Regole was screaming, but no matter what Demyx played she couldn't be soothed. The wound on her side was dying the water around her red. He knew that it had to be taken care of - buit there was no way anyone could get close!

"Regole!! Please calm down!" Demyx cried, his voice hoarse from trying to reason with her. the dragons were intelligent creatures, they understood humans to a point and responded nutruingly to their pain... unless a human had caused them pain. Then they grew furious.

Regole just gave a loud roar, another stream coming from her mouth and straight for Demyx... and the temple.

Demyx cursed under his breath. "not again." He strung his fingers down hard on his sitar, the music loud and blaring and furious and water from the ocean shot up, acting like a barrier, catching Regole's water so that it fell back to the ground. Some of the water still streamed over, breaking apart and falling onto the beach in large torrents, and Demyx shivered as he was drenching in the heavy rain, panting to try and catch his breath.

He pulling one of his shaking hands away from his sitar, looking down at it. The calluses that he had built up from years of playing had broken, blood running down his hands. He cursed again. this was why he usually wore gloves when he played. He had made the string on his sitar with a stronger metal alloy - assuring that they didn't break. It was after all his weapon as well - it would be kinda usless if one of his strings broke in the middle of a fight. 'Oh, oh hold on a second Sora, I gotta get a new string before you can kick my ass okay?' Yeah... that woulda sucked.

But of course he wasn;t wearing anything besides his sleep clothes at this point. Only freaks like... Axel wore gloves when he slept.

Demyx looked up at the dragon, when he heard a loud whitlsing, and turned his head towards the next region. Dart was on the left. on the right... was Hatchel's. Lightning was streaming through the sky, a long snake-like movement slinking through the sky before it disappeared - or more like it seemed to CRASH behind the mountains that seperated him from the water region, the lightning dragons roar booming like thunder over the water region before fading

Regole, who had also turned to look, seemed even more enraged. The dragon gave a roar, her body seizing up before she fell into the water. a large wave seemed to big up behind her.

"Oh god... SAI!" Demy cried, his bleeding hands running over the strings of his sitar furiously, rock music blaring as he called up stream after stream of water, trying to make a makeshift wall. It wasn't as BIG as a tsuami but it was still likely to destroy a few homes - and the temple if he and Saix didn't torrent up enough water to counter it.


There was a noise of alarm from the research room and both Aqua and Terra hurried went to investigate. The water keyblader blinked before turning away hurrying back out. Terra cursed. The lightning region had gone red. Terra's eyes ran over the screen quietly, following the path and he blinked suddenly in relization. "Shit. Alright." He nodded to Ven, and the two left Olette alone to watch the screen by herself.

Ven stood by his side as he looked over his team, Aqua had wandered back to Fuujin's side, head in her hands.

Terra looked over the eight people that would be going down. "Our enemy is moving in a counter-clockwise motion. He started with the fire region and is now at lightning and will most likely most on to the next region."

"Freybrand." Sora whispered in horror.

Terra nodded in affirmation. "Right." He looked over each. "We need to split into teams of two - one person who can create portals to each team. Me, Ven, Aqua and Riku. We'll see if we can't catch this bastard before he gets Fraybrand." He paused, thinking hard, the seconds ticking by in her head. "Aqua, what are going to need to do when we get there? How are we supposed to help the dragons?"

Aqua was silent for a few moments, before mumbling. "Dart'll need to get back to the volcano. the lava can heal his wounds. If he can't fly, you can use fire to seal the wounds. Regole needs a water treatment warmed with fire. And Hatchel needs to be struck with lightning. Fraybrand has a green lake in the middle of the forest thats actually has healing qualities." She rasied her head. "but if the dragon is dead, the people of that region need to be evacuated. immediately."

"And the other three?" He hoped to god it didn't come to that.

"Kongol needs sand over the wounds and warmed by fire. Damia will need to be as close to the sun as possible - and a flare attack couldn't hurt. And Zieg will just need to be put in his cave - he has a healing spring too."

Terra nodded silently, taking all that information into account. Axel would be best at Dart's so Riku, unfortunetly, would have to go with him. Roxas' Bond of Flames could probably aid him with using fire attacks and Aqua was a water user. Sora was best suited with using lightning magic and Terra could negate it. Fraybrand's was really a no brainer - he had two wind elementals. He straightened. "Alright! Here's the teams. Riku and Axel will go to Dart's. Aqua and Roxas to Regole's. Me and Sora to Hatchel's. and Ven and Fuujin to Fraybrand."

There was no arguements. Terra looked over them all. "Whatever you do, don't hurt the dragons worse and be extremely careful. Once one team finishes, try and move as quickly as possible to aid another. Got it?"

Nods of understanding passed between them all. Terra nodded back, then hurried to go and grab the communicators, handing one to each person.

"T-minus three minutes!" Seifer called.