Final Fantasy X-3: Deep Trap

Complied by Captor Sakura

Written by Captor Sakura and RPers of the RP.

Disclaimer: I, and anyone involved, do not own anything pertaining to Spira or the Final Fantasy games, i.e. Characters, cities, Aeons, etc. Which I'd hope would be obvious.

For lack of better name…Story-In-Progress! Complied by a still-going RP that I'm involved in. Thought it would be cool to share in story-form. Takes place post-FFX-2. May contain spoilers from X, X-2. Read on for more story-character details! Please review.

[I realized that my previous chapter had to be deleted for it was a sort of "author's note", I suppose, so I'll be adding it do the beginning of this chapter. I hope that's alright.]

Story

After Vegnagun was defeated, the three heroines went their separate ways. Each eventually settling down and starting their own families. That is, until they all heard of a strange disturbance that was emitting from beneath Spira's waters…Now they somehow ended up together on a ship bound for said mysterious spot-The Gullwings trio together again-with Tidus this time around. That was the last anybody has ever heard of them…

This is the story of their children and their friends, on a search for the missing heroes of Spira. Is this just a simple search-and-find or something more?

Characters

Lucine

Age: 17

Race: Al Bhed

Birthplace: Bikanel Desert

Weapon: Duel Blades

Summon Card: Quezacotl

Backstory: Lucine is the daughter of Gippal and Rikku. After the defeat of Vegnagun, they moved back to the Bikanel Desert in hopes of re-building Home that had to be destroyed during the time of Sin. After the disappearance of her mother and her friends, Lucine set off towards the Spira mainland to find some information. Looks like how Rikku did during the time of Sin, and carries her duel blades.

Silver Fang

Age: 18

Race: Half-breed Tiger Demon

Birthplace: Zanarkand Ruins

Weapon: Gunblade

Summon Card: Diablos

Backstory: Silver's a 'lone wolf', though does enjoy company from time to time. He likes to travel around Spira and is a Free Agent blitzball player. He always wears black, a mask and a scarf covering his face. For some reason, that scarf is a treasure to him.

Tallulah

Age: 16

Birthplace: Bevelle

Weapon: Staff

Summon Card: Carbuncle

Backstory: Tallulah is a famous songstress that follows High Summoner Yuna's steps. Although summoners are of no use in Spira, she still practices that art of healing and performs the Sending when needed. She usually wears a purple kimono, with a lavender wrap and sarong underneath. She carries a staff like that of which Yuna had. She and Silver have a past together but isn't keen on discussing it.

Serenity

Age: 16

Race: Quarter Al Bhed

Birthplace: Besaid Island

Weapon: Twin Guns

Summon Card: Valefor

Backstory: Serenity is the daughter of Tidus and Yuna. They moved back to Besaid to help out Wakka and Lulu with their child, Vidina. Yuna had always found Besaid to be more of a home then Bevelle ever was, and it was, of course, where the couple first met. After her parents went missing, Serenity went on a journey towards the heart of Spira in hopes of finding some clues. Looks like her mother in appearance during the time of Sin, other than her natural blonde highlights in her already light brown hair. Also has three earrings, but they end with a small and silver 'Zanarkand Abes' symbol. Carries her mother's Twin Bees.

Raphaela Guado [Known by most as Zephyr]

Age: 19

Race: Half Guado, half-human

Birthplace: Guadosalam

Weapon: Alchemist's Gun

Summon Card: Pandemona

Backstory: Raphaela is the illegitimate daughter of an unknown human and a Guado chemist. She appears mostly human, aside from her notoriously ill behaving hair, the silver lines traced on her skin, and her naturally wiry form. For her entire life until age 17, she lived with her mother in Guadosalam. However, shortly after her seventeenth birthday, her mother was killed in a gigantic explosion, presumably caused by a botched chemical experiment. After this tragedy, she left home and became something of a vagabond, forever in search of her mysterious father. Recently she has lost sight of her original goals as a traveler, and has decided to tag along on the quest for Spira's missing heroes.

Kai

Age: 17

Race: Quarter Al Bhed

Birthplace: Besaid Island

Weapon: Sword

Summon Card: Bahamut

Backstory: Kai is the son of Tidus and Yuna. After the defeat of Vegnagun, they moved back to the island of Besaid in hopes of being together and starting a family. After the disappearance of his parents and their friends, Kai set off around Spira in hopes of finding information to help find them. He's also the back up player for the Besaid Aurochs, though he is the best player on the team. Looks like Tidus aside from his black hair and odd-colored eyes like his mother's. Wears his father's necklace and carries his Brotherhood sword.

Lhinx Ronso

Age: 17

Race: Ronso

Birthplace: Mt. Gagazet

Weapon: Lance

Summon Card: Ixion

Backstory: None given

Calix [A Come & Go Character]

Age: 24

Race: Looks to have Al Bhed ancestry

Birthplace: Kilika

Weapon: A sort of magical Swiss army knife

Summon Card: Shiva

Backstory: As a child, he grew up as a fairly ordinary kid in Kilika, if a bit outcast due to his race. He is, in fact, pure Al Bhed, but chooses to hide behind his sunglasses because he finds life quite a lot easier that way, even in this supposedly "new and accepting" world. He developed an interest in animals at an early age, studying the creatures of the forest, and was forced to take up magic as a means with which to defend himself.

Most recently, he finished up an expedition in the now fiend-infested and extremely dangerous Macalania Lake. Calix was drawn to Macalania by his fascination with the goddess Shiva. He emerged from the icy cavern a changed person, somehow, and with that odd stone around his neck. The stone is, in fact, a piece of the dead Fayth. After returning to Kilika for a pleasant vacation studying gulls, he heard that Lady Yuna had gone missing, along with two of her companions. Calix then decided to try to find her, in order to ask her about Shiva . . . for he feels a strange connection with the presence he felt in the Macalania Temple, and with that dead Fayth.

[The Following has be stripped of any OOC chats that have happened during the duration of the RP! I also tried to differentiate between different character scenes with gaps…I hope it was easy to understand.

I'm not sure if the story would make sense if I just pull it out from the RP…so I'll try out a chapter or two and hopefully if anyone gives an opinion, I'll decide how I'll do the other chapters accordingly! ]

The Story Begins…

Silver Fang walked down the Mi'ihen Highroad, heading to Luca after a long journey. He was wearing his usual black outfit, his Gunblade hanging from his belt and playing with a black blitzball. He just heard about High Summoner Yuna going missing a little while ago. Silver was a guy that admired Yuna a lot. And he, too, thought her as the most beautiful woman in Spira. Kind of like his hopeless love, but he didn't care. If there was something he could do to find her he would.

…

Lucine sat near the Luca entrance. She had just traveled the Highroad, so she was resting before she actually entered Luca. She threw her pack on the ground and sat on a bench near the stairs. She peered out over the Highroad, and there she could see a tiny black dot traveling down towards her.

…

As he got closer to Luca Silver noticed someone sitting just before the stairs that led into the city. His tiger-eyes could see it was a girl, a beautiful one. Deciding to be polite he took off the mask that covered his eyes and lowered the scarf. "Hello," he called, nodding. Maybe she knows something about the High Summoner... he thought, smiling at her.

Lucine jumped, surprised. She looked around for the person who had called to her, but couldn't see him. Then she realized that it had been the black dot on the road. "Um...hello!" She called back. As he got closer, she could see he was wearing all black and carried a blitzball in his hands. Well... Maybe he knows something about he High Summoner Yuna, She thought, smiling back. She bent down and picked up her pack, waiting for the stranger in black.

"There are fiends around, not safe to have a picnic here," Silver joked, walking besides her. "My name is Silver, by the way." He was smiling for first time in a while, for he had been alone a long time during his journey to Zanarkand and back. It was good to talk to a woman once again, since the only human he found on his way was that old geezer Maechen.

"Hey, I can handle myself just fine," Lucine said, walking along beside Silver. "And my name is Lucine. So what are you doing here in Luca, Silver?" She asked, watching his tail twitch back and forth.

"High Summoner Yuna," Silver answered. "The word is she disappeared along with three more persons: two women and a man. I've came here to find whatever I can and do what is needed to find her." He looked at the girl and waited for her answer, wondering is she would laugh at him or just take him for some crazy guy with lots of free time.

…

Serenity walked off the S.S. Liki, her hands atop her highlighted light brown hair. It had been a long, uneventful boat ride from Besaid Island to Luca City, and Serenity needed to stretch. She wandered off the busy docks towards the direction of the theatre. It was way too noisy for her to look around for clues at the Blitzball stadium; she was used to the quiet of the Island. She figured she would go back later, when she had a few minutes to adjust. So Serenity made her way towards the balcony where Luca lead to the Mi'ihen Highroad. She knew her way around even though she hadn't visited the mainland since she was a little girl; her parents always told her of their adventures.

And now…they're gone… Serenity thought sadly as she climbed the stairs to the upper level.

…

Lucine gasped. "You're searching for the High Summoner Yuna also?" She could hardly believe her luck! Surely he knew something about the High Summoner.

"I'm looking for her too. One of the other women who went with her was my mother, Rikku. I'm here trying to find someone with some information. You wouldn't happen to know anything about them, would you?" She asked, as she walked into Luca. But as she was talking to Silver, she bumped into another girl with light brown hair. "Oh...um...excuse me. Are you okay?" She said, facing the girl.

…

Zephyr appeared to be aiming at something from an outcrop on Mushroom Rock Road. The infrared sight of her gun was handy for tracking people she was looking for - she just had to be careful not to pull the trigger . . .

"Damn, not here either!" she cried in aggravation, shoving her gigantic gun into its clasp at her belt. "I've combed half of Spira already, Lucine! Why do you have to be so bloody hard to find?"

With that, and a few muttered curses, she made her way back onto the beaten path and continued southward on foot, to the north entrance of the Mi'ihen Highroad. Riding a chocobo, although a good idea in theory didn't work out in practice. For some reason, the big yellow birds of burden had never liked Zephyr. She blamed it on the ambient odor of gunpowder and sulfur that followed her wherever she went. Hey, it wasn't her fault she had been raised as an alchemist . . .

…

Silver looked at the girl Lucine bumped into and was about to pass out. She was just like the High Summoner, the exact beauty. But then he realized it wasn't her. Although Yuna was still the most beautiful woman in Spira, she was older, mature…but this one was just about his age.

…

Zephyr glared spitefully at travelers on the backs of chocobos, which steered wide arcs around her.

"Oh, please," she muttered, "it's not that bad. I must have a repelling aura or something . . ."

She trudged onwards along the highroad, and noticed the gathering stratus clouds, promising a long, wet hike yet to come. As soon as she even thought this most dreadful of thoughts, the first raindrop fell with a petite little plish on the dirt road in front of her. She glared at the wet spot on the ground spitefully, and made a point of grinding it into a muddy solution with her heel as she passed. She didn't like rain. Rain put fires out.

…

As they were standing there, Lucine felt a tiny drop of rain hit her nose. "Eeep! We better get out of here before it starts to rain! C'mon, we better get to an inn or something before it really starts pouring." She ran through the sprinkling rain, looking for somewhere the rain couldn't reach. Since this was her first time in Luca, she wasn't exactly sure where to go.

…

Zephyr's mood became progressively worse as the rain came down harder and harder. She trudged through the mud in a miserable state, the tempest soaking her to the bone, until she caught sight of the dome in Luca. Aha, there was hope.

She unclipped her monstrous weapon from her belt and sighted the city. People walking around; she was too far away to read their specific heat signatures. She had a database on her gun of heat signatures of friends, acquaintances, and complete strangers whom she thought it would be interesting to recognize from miles away. Lucine was a member of the latter group.

Bent on finding her quarry, she broke into a run in the torrents of rain. Being tall and well built, her speed was not to be laughed at - but it was her luck that saved her from slipping in the mud.

…

Silver took off his scarf and threw it at Lucine so it would serve both girls as some kind of protection against the water. "Follow me" he said starting to run towards the stadium. Suddenly, he realized he was running at his normal speed and leaving the girls behind, so he stopped and waited for them to catch up.

Serenity had no time to apologize to the girl as rain started to pour down heavily. The man she was with threw a scarf at them, and Serenity huddled underneath it with the girl, following him. He sure runs fast…

As she ran through the city, Silver's scarf over her head, Lucine caught sight of the Luca Dome. It meant shelter from the rain, and maybe a chance to see a blitzball match. "Maybe we could stay in here until the rain lets off." She said to Silver and the mysterious girl who she had bumped into.

Inside the stadium were thousands of people. She hadn't realized blitzball games could be so crowded! This was the first one she had ever been to. And it was Guado Glories vs. Al Bhed Psyches.