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and don't like spoilers, because this starts at the end of FFX-2. Anyway, I
don't own anything to do with Final Fantasy X or X-2, nor do I have any say
in anything Square-Enix. I just own this story. Lol I hope you enjoy it!
This is a short sort of Teaser Chapter to see if anyone is interested in
seeing what happens. looking forward to reviews!!
~~~~~~~~~~ *What If.* Chapter One: Questions and Answers Author: Isonen ~~~~~~~~~~ br br br br br br br ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Yuna sighed as she continued jogging up the small path that would lead to their final battle of this mission: The head of Vegnagun.
"You think we can do this?" Yuna asked no one in particular as they neared the battle scene.
"We've made it this far alright, haven't we?" answered Paine, slightly smiling.
"Don't tell me you're chickening out now, Yunie!" Rikku said, half-joking, have squeaking.
Yuna's eyes widened as they came face-to-face with Vegnagun.
"Alright guys, we'll take it from here," Rikku said in mock confidence, and Nooj, Gippal, and Le Blanc backed off without much of a fight.
The Gullwings nodded at each other in agreement, and the battle began. Yuna and Paine were in their Dark Knight dress spheres and Rikku was an Alchemist. "Darkness!!" the two Knights performed in unison each time, slowly but surely bringing down the head. Rikku diligently made Mega potions from the stockpile and kept everyone at full health.
The battle came to a close much sooner than the three had suspected, but they were not really prepared for what was to happen next.
*Damn girls, who do they think they are!!? And I was *SO* close!* he thought to himself as he leapt down from his seat at the mystical organ.
He began his determined pacing toward Yuna, and stopped cold. "Lenne?" he asked quietly, in shock.
"Shuyin. there is something I have to tell you. words. left unspoken for 1000 years." Yuna began, suddenly unsure of what Lenne would have said. ".I love you. You don't have to be alone anymore."
*I must be dreaming.* Shuyin thought, as he approached what he saw to be Lenne, but was truly Yuna. "Now we can fade. together," he said, a faint smile curling on his lips.
But all too suddenly the smile faded, as the dream image of Lenne faded before his eyes. "You!!..." he roared in anger, ".Are *NOT* Lenne!!" And at that, his sword was drawn, and battle was once gain upon the Gullwings.
Yuna's eyes widened. Her plan had backfired miserably! She closed her eyes tightly and opened them, regaining her fighter's stance. *No matter how much he looks like *him*...* she told herself. *He isn't.* And at that, Yuna struck the first blow, saddening with every amount of damage they amassed.
She began to hum the tune to *1000 Words* and felt a different emotion surface. and she recognized it immediately.
After a battle that seemed to last forever, but was really rather short, Shuyin was kneeling in pain at the damage he had sustained. "Shuyin." Yuna started, but was interrupted, "Don't try to tell me you understand how I feel," he said, angry, but too weak to do anything more about it.
It was then that it happened, something no one except for Yuna could have known was about to happen: the image of Lenne stepped out of Yuna's body and walked slowly toward Shuyin.
"Lenne?" Shuyin asked once more, afraid it was just another dream. "No! You can't be!?..." he said weakly, and lifted his arm as though he would strike her, but she gently stopped him and held his hand in both of hers.
"Yes, it's me," she said, taking his hand and bringing it to her face. Shuyin buried his head in his love's stomach. Pyreflies began to appear, and Shuyin muttered in frustration, "1000 years and this moment is all we get?"
"This moment is enough," Lenne answered lovingly, as she held his head.
She turned slowly back to Yuna. "Thank you." Yuna could only smile and nod, and watch in silent envy and sadness as the two lovers disappeared together, finally in each other's arms after 1000 years.
Yuna walked away from the scene so lost in her own thoughts that she never heard all the words of encouragement and thanks that her friends were offering her.
She just kept walking, a little ways behind Paine and Rikku, until she heard the once sound that could make her heart stop beating: a whistle somewhere in the distance.
She noticed a gathering of Pyreflies and found herself looking at her favorite member of the fayth. "You heard it, didn't you?" he asked. Yuna could only nod.
"Would you like to see him again?"
"Yes! Very much!!" she answered enthusiastically.
"We'll do what we can, but no promises," the fayth replied and turned to leave.
"Wait!" Yuna said quickly.
"Yes?" the fayth asked a little surprised.
"There is one more thing I would like to ask of you," she said.
"And what is that?" the fayth asked in return.
"Can you bring back Lenne and Shuyin?"
The fayth was silent for a moment, and Yuna was suddenly worried. *Why did I just ask that??* she thought.
"What exactly do you mean?" the fayth asked.
Yuna replied, "Can you make them alive again? Or bring them back? Like Auron, Seymour, and the other maesters. They were dead, and yet they lived."
"Why would you want us to do this?" The fayth asked very uncertainly.
"I want them to have a chance to live together and be happy together," Yuna replied. "I can't even imagine what it would be like to be separated from my true love for 1000 years. two years has been hell enough," she finished.
She sighed, and her glance was cast downward. "Is it even possible?" she asked.
"It may be," replied the fayth. "Once again, I'll see what I can do," he said, and disappeared.
Yuna sighed, suddenly feeling happy and relieved, as if a gigantic weight had been lifted from her. She ran after her two friends who had almost disappeared into the distance, "Hey! Wait for me!!" she yelled after them.
"What took you so long?" Paine asked when Yuna finally reached them. "Oh. I just had to take care of something," she said vaguely, yet still smiling. Rikku and Paine looked at each other and smiled mischievously. "Oh really?" they said in unison, and Yuna couldn't help but worry a little bit.
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When the Gullwings made it back to their airship, they found Gippal, Nooj, and Baralai awaiting them. "Hey, where're you going so fast?" Gippal asked. "You runnin' from the law again, girls?" he added with the usual cocky grin. Yuna smiled back, "No. I just think it's time I went home."
~~~~~~~~~~ *What If.* Chapter One: Questions and Answers Author: Isonen ~~~~~~~~~~ br br br br br br br ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Yuna sighed as she continued jogging up the small path that would lead to their final battle of this mission: The head of Vegnagun.
"You think we can do this?" Yuna asked no one in particular as they neared the battle scene.
"We've made it this far alright, haven't we?" answered Paine, slightly smiling.
"Don't tell me you're chickening out now, Yunie!" Rikku said, half-joking, have squeaking.
Yuna's eyes widened as they came face-to-face with Vegnagun.
"Alright guys, we'll take it from here," Rikku said in mock confidence, and Nooj, Gippal, and Le Blanc backed off without much of a fight.
The Gullwings nodded at each other in agreement, and the battle began. Yuna and Paine were in their Dark Knight dress spheres and Rikku was an Alchemist. "Darkness!!" the two Knights performed in unison each time, slowly but surely bringing down the head. Rikku diligently made Mega potions from the stockpile and kept everyone at full health.
The battle came to a close much sooner than the three had suspected, but they were not really prepared for what was to happen next.
*Damn girls, who do they think they are!!? And I was *SO* close!* he thought to himself as he leapt down from his seat at the mystical organ.
He began his determined pacing toward Yuna, and stopped cold. "Lenne?" he asked quietly, in shock.
"Shuyin. there is something I have to tell you. words. left unspoken for 1000 years." Yuna began, suddenly unsure of what Lenne would have said. ".I love you. You don't have to be alone anymore."
*I must be dreaming.* Shuyin thought, as he approached what he saw to be Lenne, but was truly Yuna. "Now we can fade. together," he said, a faint smile curling on his lips.
But all too suddenly the smile faded, as the dream image of Lenne faded before his eyes. "You!!..." he roared in anger, ".Are *NOT* Lenne!!" And at that, his sword was drawn, and battle was once gain upon the Gullwings.
Yuna's eyes widened. Her plan had backfired miserably! She closed her eyes tightly and opened them, regaining her fighter's stance. *No matter how much he looks like *him*...* she told herself. *He isn't.* And at that, Yuna struck the first blow, saddening with every amount of damage they amassed.
She began to hum the tune to *1000 Words* and felt a different emotion surface. and she recognized it immediately.
After a battle that seemed to last forever, but was really rather short, Shuyin was kneeling in pain at the damage he had sustained. "Shuyin." Yuna started, but was interrupted, "Don't try to tell me you understand how I feel," he said, angry, but too weak to do anything more about it.
It was then that it happened, something no one except for Yuna could have known was about to happen: the image of Lenne stepped out of Yuna's body and walked slowly toward Shuyin.
"Lenne?" Shuyin asked once more, afraid it was just another dream. "No! You can't be!?..." he said weakly, and lifted his arm as though he would strike her, but she gently stopped him and held his hand in both of hers.
"Yes, it's me," she said, taking his hand and bringing it to her face. Shuyin buried his head in his love's stomach. Pyreflies began to appear, and Shuyin muttered in frustration, "1000 years and this moment is all we get?"
"This moment is enough," Lenne answered lovingly, as she held his head.
She turned slowly back to Yuna. "Thank you." Yuna could only smile and nod, and watch in silent envy and sadness as the two lovers disappeared together, finally in each other's arms after 1000 years.
Yuna walked away from the scene so lost in her own thoughts that she never heard all the words of encouragement and thanks that her friends were offering her.
She just kept walking, a little ways behind Paine and Rikku, until she heard the once sound that could make her heart stop beating: a whistle somewhere in the distance.
She noticed a gathering of Pyreflies and found herself looking at her favorite member of the fayth. "You heard it, didn't you?" he asked. Yuna could only nod.
"Would you like to see him again?"
"Yes! Very much!!" she answered enthusiastically.
"We'll do what we can, but no promises," the fayth replied and turned to leave.
"Wait!" Yuna said quickly.
"Yes?" the fayth asked a little surprised.
"There is one more thing I would like to ask of you," she said.
"And what is that?" the fayth asked in return.
"Can you bring back Lenne and Shuyin?"
The fayth was silent for a moment, and Yuna was suddenly worried. *Why did I just ask that??* she thought.
"What exactly do you mean?" the fayth asked.
Yuna replied, "Can you make them alive again? Or bring them back? Like Auron, Seymour, and the other maesters. They were dead, and yet they lived."
"Why would you want us to do this?" The fayth asked very uncertainly.
"I want them to have a chance to live together and be happy together," Yuna replied. "I can't even imagine what it would be like to be separated from my true love for 1000 years. two years has been hell enough," she finished.
She sighed, and her glance was cast downward. "Is it even possible?" she asked.
"It may be," replied the fayth. "Once again, I'll see what I can do," he said, and disappeared.
Yuna sighed, suddenly feeling happy and relieved, as if a gigantic weight had been lifted from her. She ran after her two friends who had almost disappeared into the distance, "Hey! Wait for me!!" she yelled after them.
"What took you so long?" Paine asked when Yuna finally reached them. "Oh. I just had to take care of something," she said vaguely, yet still smiling. Rikku and Paine looked at each other and smiled mischievously. "Oh really?" they said in unison, and Yuna couldn't help but worry a little bit.
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When the Gullwings made it back to their airship, they found Gippal, Nooj, and Baralai awaiting them. "Hey, where're you going so fast?" Gippal asked. "You runnin' from the law again, girls?" he added with the usual cocky grin. Yuna smiled back, "No. I just think it's time I went home."