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Contains violence and swearing. Also this will be OC centric.
Walking the Clean Slate
Chapter 1: The Big Concert
Luca felt almost entirely deserted, even just walking down the steps from the Highroad you could tell how vacant the place had become. Still there was an energetic atmosphere here. There were banners and balloons all across the pavements, confetti on the ground and stalls that were now closed and left vacant. I guessed I was a bit late to the party.
I headed into Luca city proper, the whole place was so bright. It was an absolutely beautiful day too. I heard murmuring from the cafés and bars that were crowded to bursting point. It erupted into cheering and screams the further I walked into town. I spotted some kids running about the streets playing but there were very few people around.
Personally I was just incredibly curious, and worried, and a bit confused too. I was in Guadosalam when I got a letter from Wakka, saying that Yuna had suddenly up and vanished without a trace. He mentioned a sphere Rikku showed them, but other than that there had been no word from her or Rikku. Obviously I got a bit panicked and wrote back to say I'd look out for her, but I'd be on my way back to Besaid to help Lulu with the baby. She was so close to giving birth and I wanted to help her in any way I could.
It was when I was at the inn on the Highroad I heard about Yuna having a concert. The whole concept baffled me and surprised. I had made my way to Luca as soon as I was able, but that turned out to be a pain in the arse with all the hovers being in use to transport people. I was hoping to at least catch Yuna after it, as by the looks of everything the concert was underway.
The guards at the gates were probably the most suspicious part; they weren't the regular guards. They were in completely different uniforms for starters, and they were shuffling about uncomfortably. When I approached they seemed to stiffen up and so I kept my guard up.
"Sorry, the concert's started, you can't go in," one of them said. I turned my head to him, folding my arms loosely.
"Not even for her Guardian?" I asked.
"No exceptions, ma'am," he insisted.
"Look, I don't even need to go into the stadium. Just let me wait in a locker room or something. I need to talk to Yuna," I returned. I could see him starting to get really annoyed with me. His patience was pretty damn thin.
Without warning a woman in a blue dress shoved right past the two of us. I turned and watched her run, swearing that she looked like Yuna. Turning back to the guard he had started to throw a punch towards me and I reacted, blocking and shoving his fist down before sticking my own fist in his gut. Winded, he fell to his knees. Two girls had ran right past me during the scrap.
"Hold still!" Wait, I knew that voice.
"Rikku?" I asked. She didn't hear and was running after the woman in the dress. A girl in black was ahead of Rikku as they ran. So, naturally, I followed to find out what was going on.
Men and women in similar uniforms were launching themselves into their pathway. The girl in black swung her sword, getting the immediate ones out the way. Rikku took out twin blades and struck down the remainder before they could start running after them. I wasn't even sure that they had noticed me yet, though given the circumstances I understood that there was more important things at hand.
We must have run almost the entire way around the docks when we lost sight of Yuna's lookalike. The girl in black stopped and Rikku ran ahead a little more before coming to a halt. I stopped as well, trying to catch my breath from the sudden sprint we just did.
"Hey you run too fast!" She yelled out.
"Rikku!" I called again, getting her attention this time, coughing roughly afterwards. The girl in black gripped her sword but relaxed when she noticed Rikku's shock and recognition.
"Chris? What are you doing here?"
"Trying to play 'keep up'," we turned at the sound of the voice. A tall man in bluish-purple robes, completely covered bar his face, wielding two pistols, advanced slowly on us from the way we had came. "Both of you are too slow." I clenched my fists and eyed his hands for any quick pot shots.
"Show's over!" Another voice came from behind us. A larger man blocked out way forward. He was dressed in a similar manner to the first man but had a huge shield on his back instead of guns.
We were pretty much trapped unless we made a break for it and tried to run past them. I noticed a girl behind the man with the guns, though I couldn't really make out who. I look at the girl who was with Rikku and she nodded. So it was another ally, good. This girl also had an idea.
"This way," she said, running down the pier. Rikku and I followed suit ad had the men following us. I turned back quickly to see if the plan had worked, taking the moment to breathe deeply and gulp down water.
A rapid session of gunfire occurred behind us, stopping the men in their tracks. They turned to look at the shooter who was already running towards us, jumping up and using the larger man's shield as a launch pad into the air. She twisted around gracefully and fired her guns again, doing another flip and landing in a crouched position, reloading her guns for the fight. The girl raised her sword and pointed it at the men while Rikku twirled her blades before crouching down. I raised my fists and ran for the larger man.
He was already running for us and the girls, shield out ready to bash. I twisted and shouldered his shield. He had a lot of force and I wasn't expecting to shove him back. We managed to stop each other's shoves and moved back. I was only slightly faster than him and moved around, landing a stomp into the back of his leg. He turned to focus his attacks on me, which left him open to Rikku hitting him in the back. As always she was far more agile than I ever could be and skirted around him, being a complete distraction and annoyance for him. More than enough time for me to get another good hit in. The other girls had got some hits into the other man and they were certainly showing their wear. I got back around the larger man and watched for signs of them getting up.
"That's quite enough snivelling, boys!" The woman we had been chasing reappeared and stood between the two men. We all lowered our weapons but the atmosphere was nowhere near relaxed. "Persistent, aren't you?"
"My Grid!" The gunner girl said, her eyes narrowing at the woman who... looked exactly like her? Now that we weren't fighting I could get a good look at her face, their faces... it was Yuna.
"You give us back Yunie's Garment Grid right now!" Rikku demanded.
"Didn't you girls ever learn to share?" The impersonator taunted.
"Give. It. Back," Yuna said through gritted teeth, her brow furrowed. The impersonator tutted and tossed a device at us, thankfully Rikku caught it before it hit the ground.
"Very well, it's yours," the woman transformed completely. She was a slightly older than us, and wore mostly pink and had blonde hair and a fan. "But it won't be yours for long, loves."
Yuna took the device almost immediately and transformed into the outfit the impostor had just been wearing, starting to dance and it seemed to blur the woman's vision. Rikku ran around the back and the other girl and I ran at the front, the girl's sword knocking the woman's fan away and hurting her arm, while I punched her chest and winded her. Rikku grabbed the fan from her and threw it away, sweeping under her feet and knocking her down. It didn't take long for her to realise that she was on the losing side and got up, managing to escape Rikku's attack as she went.
"I won't let you off so easily next time!" She yelled as she ran. Rikku, still high on energy and anger, ran after them. I put a hand on my chest, pacing my breathing and regulating it again, drinking the rest of my water.
"Get back here!"
"Rikku!" The girl called her and she stopped. We all turned to Yuna who was...dancing with the most perplexed and confused expression on her face. Eventually she started to giggle and enjoy the sudden dancing session she was having. I just looked from Yuna, to the girl, and then to Rikku, before hearing the roar of an airship coming closer to the docks.