Hiya! I'm kinda a new aurikku fan but I love how you keep the characters and the world real but steering the story away from the normal one. It's really original and makes it more believable... you paint the scenery as if i were sitting there with the characters.
Oh and I always imagine Leviathan looking like Kadaj from ff7 advent children XD i think he would look good like that.

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AND WHY WAS I NOT INFORMED?!?

*charges around you with a large menacing axe*

In any case, as always your style of writing is wickedly ... unique. Although I would like to say, maybe just go over it a bit because something it can be a bit too much, if you know what I mean. everything is perfect but, sometimes you describe something in two different ways when you only need to say it once, sort of thing.

Hm, not quite sure what I mean but oh well.

As always, looking forward to the adventures! :D

WOOT! Sequel! I'm so excited! I totally loved Shape of his Heart!

Oh, yes.

Also, I love the Narnia in-joke at the beginning. ^_^

I loved The Shape of His Heart, and look forward to the continuation here. Your characterization of Rikku always makes me laugh, and the addition of Leviathan and Ashura is sure to make things interesting.

YAY! The other one was so funny and awesome and EPIC! I can't wait to see what you have planned this time. I wonder what's gonna go down at Macalania Forest...eh? Update soon please! (Praise the Fanfiction God there is a sequel up!)

I don't think I ever reviewed (sorry) but I LOVED The Shape of His Heart. I'm so glad you decided to continue on in this vein.

On a completely different and probably unrelated note but I'm just wondering... does this mean that TIdus was born under Bahamut? Or am I just reaching? Geez...that makes it sound like astrology or something. "Patron Fayth" I guess is the term I'm looking for :D I can't quite remember, but that was the deal with Rikku and Leviathan / Auron and Ashura, right? Taking into consideration the events of FFX it WOULD make sense if that were the case with Tidus and Bahamut.

ANYWAY.

I'm happy you wrote this and I am very excited for the next chapter :)

- Emily

HOMIGAWDITSGABIHIMESHEMADETHESEQUELTOSHAPEHOMGSQUEAL!

So, I was going along my usual business when I noticed a 'New Message!' sign flashing on my userboard on the Genesis Awards. Lo and behold, I had received PM that demanded I go to the link she provided with the *utmost urgency*. And I found this.

Being a fan of Shape since I was probably born, and even before that when I was trying to kick my mum because she wasn't eating enough carrots or cupcakes or something, I think I fell over from shock and joy and that funny feeling you get in your stomach when you eat too much ice cream mixed with lemon sorbet (tangy plus sugar is not as yummy as it sounds, however much it pains me to reveal this).

Okay, okay, off track, the story! Reading Shape has always put me in this pretty upbeat mood, no matter what's happening - that's because of your incredibly dedicated, incredibly talented Rikku voice. I've always been pretty inspired by your style, because it pinpoints her straight up - in fact, I've actually used Shape to practice voicing Rikku (I think I sent you an email about it a few months back, I wonder if you ever got it?) because it's so enticing and it flows so well, especially off the tongue. Reading this was like meeting an old friend, and then tackling her, and then painting our toenails while reading Sephiroth/Zack/Cloud fanfiction or something and getting giggly all over it. It's great.

And as much as I spam - I swear I don't mean to do it, it sort of just HAPPENS, like a great big wave of alphabet sort of vomits out my mouth to grossify the keyboard - I really can only say that this has captured my interest straight off the bat. Bahamut is sort of like Aerith in a way that he's kind of like Cetra-Jesus, only instead of a Cetra he's a Fayth, so he's like the Fayth-Jesus. Or like Dumbledore-Jesus, or something - but I feel kind of negative towards him now, just a little, which is great, because you have enough power to turn me against him with one chapter. I admit now I am a writhing fangirl for your portrayal of Leviathan, and if Bahamut is against him, I'm on Levi's side all the way.

Unless, of course, he does something exceptionally stupid, in which case I'll sit this one out on the sidelines and throw imaginary rotten fruit at the both of them. (I kind of get the feeling this may the be case, or I'm just exceptionally paranoid today.)

Alright, I clicked the review button with no idea how I was going to write even one paragraph, and here I am with about seven million that don't make up a substantial review, just a cornucopia of spam. I'll totally stop now, but I hope that you can see I clearly adore your writing, and Shape, and this story, in a totally platonic, non-stalker-ish kind of way. Can't wait for the next segment - I promise, if you get it to us sooner, I won't write this much. I'll cut it down, and your eyes wont' be burning from so much fangirl. Really! ;)

YES

I haven't been on this fandom in MONTHS. Not since I read the shape of his heart. Then, today, just by chance, I poked my head in. And I found YOU.

In a totally non-creepy way, that is. In a 'the best 1st person Rikku I've ever read has made a sequel' kind of way.

I can't believe you're back. I can't believe they're all still here, and this is just as wicked and wild as ALWAYS, and oh dear god I'm sorry for gushing all over you but godDAMMIT I like your work.

I think 'I once thought of a way to improve Mighty Guard while I was on the toilet' is possibly the best line in existance, like, ever. One of those brutal truths (you DO get ideas on the toilet!).

I am SO ready to find out what happens next. *Buckles seatbelt*

YOU, ma'am, are winsome. I'm going to go and tell all my Aurikku friends that you're back with a vengence.

Yay, I'm so happy that you've started the sequal! I love the narritve flow of this and I think that this is a really exciting opening. Can't wait for more! :)

Yay! A sequel-type-thing!

So, so glad you're continuing this. Huge fan of The Shape of His Heart, and a huge fan of you as well.

Glad we're off to a fantastic start! Love the Narnia reference, love the characterization, the dialogue that never seemed forced, loved you!

You managed to pull off the backstory exposition with the style, humor and flair that only you, and I suppose Rikku J Cidolphus could! Very much so looking forward to what comes next.

And to finding out what Rikku stole from Ashura!

I'm assuming the whole Levi rage is a referance to FFIV and IX, right?

Oh my GOODNESS. You are my favorite person ever. You deserve a billion cookies for posting a sequel... even though I know you said you would. AH. You made my freaking day! I love it, too, it's totally awesome so I am looking forward to seeing more of this even though I know it will probably be pretty slow happening but I don't really care because you're that awesome anyway that anything you post kicks enough butt to make up for time in between. AH! THANK YOU!

Oh, excellent. I knew you'd be back! And what's more, I don't have to go back and skim read over your last story to know what's going on.

*cheers*

Cannot wait for the adventure to start again!

-Althia9.