A/N: Auron had always interested me, ever since I started the game. He was such a wonderful character that wasn't done the justice he deserved. I wrote this after listening to a remix of his theme on Over Clocked. So here is my little homage to a very wonderful character.

One Last Dance

She danced. Haunting that dance. It was time and I had stayed long enough. My duty was preformed and I had lead them both to the best of my abilities. All I could do was hope. I was leaving everything in their hands, not that I minded.

They did their best and he had succeeded where I had failed. That I am thankful for. I will see them again in the Farplane, I just hope that it isn't soon. There is still so much left for them.

Jecht was free and now so was I. I had fulfilled a promise made ten years past and now I go to return to my friends, to the people I had left.

Everyone had grown in ways I couldn't have imagined. The most prolific is Tidus. He was always in such sad shape and his hate for Jecht was almost crippling. I couldn't blame him, sometimes I wondered myself. I trusted Jecht, however, and here he was willing to sacrifice everything. He has changed so much in such a short time. Adapting to a world so foreign. I was proud of him. I knew I needn't tell him, I could tell he knew.

The story was never mine. I always knew that, I was just pushing you along, hoping you would find a way. And you did! I hope she understands. You have sacrificed your life to save everyone. You've grown into a wonderful man. I feel like your father. I know you hated me like him at times. I couldn't blame you there. I had a purpose though, and now you know it.

I had always thought I hid my death well, but you saw past that. It seems so long ago us at the Farplane, you still so naïve. You knew though, somewhere in you heart you knew I wasn't alive. I'm an unsent, but that will change soon enough.

All I can do now is watch and hope that Yuna will be okay. I believe she will, she's always been strong. I guess a time for goodbyes is in order. I was never much for goodbyes even back then. Now I don't feel the need to say a thing. They know I care for them. How could I not? So much was lost in this battle, this struggle against evil, but our friendship grew. I love them all, I'll never admit it, but I think they know.

I've been waiting for so long, hoping. I no longer have a reason to stay. Sin is dead and the dreams are fading.

Yuna stared at me, eyes wide. She didn't know that I didn't survive. She had no reason to suspect, but now she did, they all did. I almost didn't want to leave. I had come to care for them more than I had ever expected. It was time though, and I was not to keep Braska and Jecht waiting.

I would see them all again. It was a goodbye, and, like most it wasn't forever. My story ends, what was left of it anyway.

"It's been long enough." They look to me, eyes shining with unshed tears. I didn't want them to cry for me. I was already dead. Tidus, he would leave too. I doubted Yuna had excepted it or believed it, but she would. I felt sorry, she loved him, that much was clear, but it was how things had to be. He was nothing more than a dream and, like all dreams, he must fade.

I gave them all my silent goodbye. I thanked Kimahri, he had taken care of Yuna, he had helped her become the woman she was today. She was strong, she would survive this. She was surrounded by people who loved her.

Yuna danced one last dance for me.

I walked past them, sword on my shoulder. Just one last thing I had to say. "This is your world now." I felt free and light. I was fading, finally going after too long a wait. I was going to a place I had only dreamed about. Brightness, the swirling colors of the pyre flies surrounded me. It was time. I said my last, silent goodbye before I faded and left to the so sought after place; The Farplane.