Introduction:

This is a story, a story about two worlds that live apart caused by a fatal war, but corrupted by an evil that exists from that of another world.

In this story, a teenager, by the name of Tidus, will meet a young girl, Yuna, who is also the key to saving their future. Along with her closest companions, who will stay by her side in this desperate fight against their enemy, she and Tidus must go battle an eternal creature that had come to be known as Sin.

Their plan is to journey far and wide in search of the ancient spirits that are going to help them fight in the final battle that they hope will end the continuous living cycle of this deadly creature. They knew that this was going to be a long journey that would take a lot of time, time that they did not have, but because of their determination to defeat the evil that had haunted the lives of so many, they did not give up.

As their friendship grows, the others begin to connect with their new friend, but what they did not expect though, was the development of an impossible love between those that they least expected. Learn of the things that people will do for, and against, love and the final battle that will end both heartbreaking and joyful.

Prologue:

A thousand years ago, on the planet Gaia, there existed a continent called Spira. It was an extraordinary place with beauty and peace all around. You could travel all over the world a million times and still be amazed by the beautiful sites that were simply breathtaking. In the numerous regions of the continent, which were separated by the boundaries that marked each of the different territorial grounds of it, there was always something new and unique to see in each of the regions that were similar, yet different, from each other.

In many parts of the continent, people felt that nature was an important symbol to representing the beauty of their world. Plants, but mostly flowers, were some of them. Different kinds of multicolored plants and flowers were grown in many gardens. Groups of flowers and plants were grown in rows and divided into sections, which were individually decided by their type and color. Those who tended flowers sometimes cut the lower part of the flowers' stems by using garden scissors and put them in large bouquets to send to the flower shops so they could be put into a pretty arrangement.

In other places, people grew flowers in the yards of their home, either by the sides of the houses or lined up against the outer edges of their property. Those who did not live in a house, but in an apartment building or condo, had indoor houseplants with their roots buried in flowerpots filled with soil. There were even people who planted their flowers out on the floors of their decks or the shelves of their windowsills. Other places had wild flowers that grew there naturally. Each of them had sprouted out of the brown dirt ground, standing up straight beside the tall trees that had green and yellow-edged leaves that hung onto the thin branches of them as they quietly rustled against each other in the light breeze.

Besides plants and flowers, Spira had different types of landscapes. Some places had rough terrain with steep hills that would give a bicycle rider trouble, while others had hilly deserts that were dry and had no supply of water that was anywhere to be seen. In certain sites of the continent, there were tall mountains that appeared mysteriously dangerous but braved by mountain climbers who take the joy of working their way up to the top.

In between them, cute baby deer that were taken care of by protective parents lived deep in the valleys. Colorfully designed butterflies littered the scene fluttering their wings around the stunning waterfalls that the river rapidly flowed through. Fish of all sizes wiggled their fins through the waters slowly as they swarmed pass the rocks resting below the surface of the water on the river floor.

The continent had many woods and forests in most of the separate regions. Small villages that liked closed off areas for protective purposes lived in some of them. Other areas had people that bought property there because they wanted to have privacy. And some had no inhabitants living nearby, except for the animals that stay there. Small animals like squirrels and chipmunks could be seen scurrying around playfully; chasing each other on the short-grassed fields that were located close by to the big villages that inhabited the area.

Adorable rabbits would poke around in the vegetable gardens in hopes of being able to snack on fresh carrots before getting chased away by angry farmers. Mostly tiny animals would be seen living close to people while the larger animals live in a more conserved area that would be cleared of people to disturb them. Most of the ones that live away from civilization were usually found high up in the mountains, very few were like the ones that had mountain climbers who scaled them weekly.

In places that were inhabited by people, they would either have grand cities that were filled with many things made from the advancing technology, or little towns containing simple appliances that were used in every day life. In the cities, they had tall buildings that had tinted windows on each side of it. In the highways, roads, and streets, bright signs and traffic lights controlled the cars that rushed by and, in other cases, the upper highways that were specially made for hovercrafts.

Sidewalks were crowded with people who were shopping or gliding pass on their hover scooters on their way to work. Trains and metros helped transport people to and from two locations. Those in the field of transportation advancement worked in their laboratories to invent electronic transporters. Other laboratories worked on different models of robots that were assembled to do specific jobs and were often used to complete heavy labor.

Professional workers operated computers and electronic gadgets, which were very significant in the cities because of the advancing technology that was used in various places around the cities, and because they were needed to improve their already useful machinery.

In small towns, things were different though. They had small roads with not so many traffic indicators since they were not busy with rush hour. Buildings were short and wide, and technology was not a key factor to the people of these small towns. Except for certain jobs that needed them, robots barely existed in these towns, and workstations were not used very much. Those towns may not have been as complex as the cities, but they were more modern than the numerous villages that were mostly located in the outskirts of the continent.

In Spira, there were many things built that were either done historically or for tourist attractions, such as historical buildings, museums containing Spira's history, and masterpiece architectures. There were momentous murals that hung against the walls of temples that had been painted by artists that lived decades before this time. Great statues that were specially carved by hand stood proudly in each room that were visited by those who wanted to pray for themselves and their loved ones, or because there was a particular holiday that they were celebrating.

Transportation came in a variety of physical characteristics that were specially invented for different types of traveling. Large ships and several boats scattered over the waters gliding smoothly through the serene sea of blue. They were often used to import goods from one place to another, and even more often for those who lived on the tiny islands that surrounded the outer banks of Spira.

Airship vessels that flew by using steam powered engine technology occupied the skies. As they floated through the misty clouds that muddled up with the steam that came out of the rusted pipes from the airships, people enjoyed standing outside on the upper decks and watched with entertainment when overlooking lively cities or villages.

Children were given special places to occupy themselves also. Colorful playgrounds with swirling slides and high lifting swings were built in different areas where many young children could be found playing at hours on end, whining stubbornly when their parents came to take them back home. Amusement parks were always crowded with countless youngsters, but were scarcely packed once a new school year had begun. Others who had begun to leave behind their childhood and step into their teen years took on serious objectives that would come into play once they've gotten a bit older.

Those who were in their young adult stages, preferably teenagers, had their own hang out places to go to, such as shopping malls, dance clubs, or sports places where they can choose their choice of physical activity or just play some for the excitement of it. Many begin training for years of preparation for the time when they can tryout for an athletic team.

The adults on the other hand did just about everything all around Spira. Either they were vacationing with their families, working at their jobs, playing on various teams and going to competitions, or anything else available for them to do around the continent.

Things were usually eventful and everyone was very active. Most of the people who lived in Spira always got along, with the exception to those who were prejudice against others. In Spira, there were three different types of beings: human, ronso, and guato.

Some people took care of each other and looked out for one another. The conflicts between the regions had never taken much of an effect. The different beings were usually cooperative with each other and did not care about racist feelings against anyone who was of different type of being. But that did not mean that there were not any people who felt prejudice against those that they felt were inferior to their own. There were issues that concerned this conflict, which had caused problems every once in a while, but not often. However, superior cockiness can break connections between the regions.

There were various jobs that existed in the career world of Spira. Some were workers who went to work bright and early in the morning and did not go back home until it was late at night when most people had already gone to sleep. They would often try to do their jobs meticulously in hopes of getting promoted to a higher classed job when in process of impressing those of higher authority.

Farmers, dressed in plaid shirts with rolled up sleeves and faded blue overalls with dirt-covered boots, were in charge of taking care of the numerous plantations that were used to plant fruit and vegetables. Everyday, the darkly tanned farmers could be found outside in the fields that were always bright and hot from the scorching sun.

Teachers worked daily to educate the children, working on weekly plans ahead of time and getting lectures prepared while organizing useful materials for their lessons. Most of the good students in each school go to their classes every morning and afternoon. Sitting at their desks in front of the built in laptops with their heads propped on the knuckles of their hands, they'd try very hard to pay attention while blocking out the distracting thoughts of being able to freely run outdoors and to just hang out with their friends.

Besides these, there were a large variety of jobs that involve a special part that played in the circle of continuous production and technological advances in the lives of these people. No matter if it was a high paying career, or simply a person that has a low classed job, everyone's career had a purpose that was respected by many. That was why everything seemed to work out smoothly on Gaia. Everyone would do his or her part, preventing any troubles to cause tension between them and others that were from different regions, but there were things that were not always meant to stay the way they were.

Divergence raised in two the many regions of Spira. Economical, political, and personal tribulations began to grow between the people of the different regions. In the work force areas, there were workers who often went on strike or made complaints as a way to tell people of the horrible job that was being sloppily done by the workers in the opposite regions. Competition was another story. Fights and riots would take place a few times every couple of weeks, but soon increased to every so often because people were not getting along well. Employees began to get laid off, and many had lost their homes and prized possessions.

Racism was one of the large issues that were present at that time. As the years went by, racism between the different races increased a bit. In Spira, racist wasn't just discriminating against those of other beings, but also those who belonged outside their own territory. Many disagreed with the problems that were being told by the people that disrespected those that were different from them, and physical actions that were taken caused people to get arrested by aggressive security officers. Political people of high authority had made false promises and bad decisions with other nations, causing compromises to be denied from them.

The things that had started out as little everyday problems had grown to become dreadful issues. At first, they tried to ignore it. All of their lives, they had lived with the well-known fact that Spira was a place of peace and unity, but now what they had come to know was beginning to turn upside down and become an awful nightmare. They thought that it was just a faze, a thing that would soon die out just as soon as it had started, but this was not just a mere issue that could go away over night. After years of struggle between the nations, it was finally time that the regions decided to take action to try and end these chaotic conflicts between them, but it was too late.

After years of persevering through so many things, some problems just could not be solved, and as a result, caused two of the most valuable nations to separate from their motherland, Spira. A piece of the continent broke apart from it, immediately becoming the large island that was called Zanarkand. Soon afterward, another nation did the same thing, becoming the place that was called Al Bhed.

With the ruined peace, war broke out as Spira began attacking the two nations that had separated from their once whole continent. Being a larger continent with more people and resources, Spira was stronger than the two islands that had weaker defense systems.

Spira had water vessels, submarines, and large boats sail to each of the regions to transport their fighters to go battle in the newly developed war. Soldiers used many weapons in their fights, either being things from knives and swords to guns and pistols. Air pilots piloted jets and dropped bombs overhead. But the strongest weapon that they fought with was macina. Macina was machinery, which was mostly used for fighting. Zanarkand was the city with the most productive macina of all regions, but even that was not enough to fight against their motherland, Spira.

After long months of fighting, a mysterious and extraordinary incident occurred. In Spira, most of the people who lived there believed in the god, Yeven. Aside from those who were non-believers, Yeven was a real existing god. After witnessing the selfish acts of those who fought in the war and how it had been caused in the first place, the gods of this world took a vase of action. They saw with their own eyes that those who lived on Spira were unappreciative of what the gods and Yeven had worked for by destroying what they had spent so much time in creating.

They were furious and felt that they needed to stop this ridiculous war. In doing so, they summoned a mysterious creature that they created by taking all the evils of the world and the terrible things that have been committed by those who lived on Spira and combined them into one deadly monster. After letting it out into the world, it attacked Spira rigorously. The war had been called to a halt as everyone tried to defend them selves from this "thing" that had suddenly appeared out of nowhere to attack them.

Yeven and the other gods finally came to speak to the people after all had been turned into chaos. He told them that there was no way that they could be able to defend themselves against this dangerous creature. It could only be destroyed with mystical powers that were nonexistent to the beings of Gaia, and that the only way that they could rid themselves of this beast was to pray to the gods for forgiveness of what they have done to their world, so they did.

With the war being ended by the gods, everyone was relieved to not have to worry about fighting anymore, but they did have to worry about rebuilding their now war torn home. Spira was not as damaged as the two islands, for the battles mostly took place there. They had lost some soldiers and a lot of equipment, but nothing that they would have to struggle much with.

Al Bhed was in terrible conditions though. The land was destroyed and many lives had been lost. Plantations were now burnt charcoal that blew off smoke from the fires that burned the land. Their once beautiful nature had been ruined. Flowers and plants were tramped upon and trees were cut down. Not a single animal was in sight, for they went into hiding once the war had begun. The clear blue seawater turned into a murky green color that had rivers mixed with red from the blood of those who were killed fighting. Dead bodies overlapped the dirt-covered grounds with broken tools and unworkable weapons that lay nearby. The baby blue colored sky was nowhere to be seen over the thick gray fog that had engulfed the sky.

The people, who still lived in Al Bhed even up to this day, are now known as outcasts that are disliked and disrespected by those from Spira. But that was not as bad as the end result for Zanarkand; it was completely destroyed. Almost all lives were lost, the rest died from injury. Whoever was left perished from lack of resources that they needed to survive alone on the empty island. The once lively city now lies dead in ruins on the enormous island that rests in the deep blue sea, with nothing left of itself or the people who had once lived there, but faith.

After receiving news that Zanarkand was gone, Al Bhed sadly began to work on rebuilding their island that would not be completed by until the next couple of years to come. Spira did the same for itself, which would also last for the next couple years of its life. At the same time, though, everyone took the time to pray to the gods for forgiveness. Many could be seen going to temples or praying in their homes. With the pictures of the gods and Yeven hanging upon their walls, people lit candles and burned incense as they prayed daily to get rid of the monster that lurked the grounds of Earth.

After they prayed for a long period of time, the gods began to accept their forgiveness, making them consider using their own mystical powers to destroy the monster. Although the gods that protected all that was good, their creation was still an evil creature, causing it to get the attention of an even greater evil.

After a while, the gods were eventually satisfied, but came across a problem: an underworld god that was worshiped by evil attacked the creature by inserting a beetle, called Uyeven, into it. The beetle caused the gods to lose their control over the evil specimen that took orders from no one but it. The gods were very aware of this and felt regretful that they were unable to get rid of the creature that they had created before they lost control of it. The beetle, a powerful source of power, had made their plans of demolishing the creature ruined. They were strong, but even the gods didn't have enough power to annihilate the monster whose power has grown massively over this short period of time.

Soon afterward, it began attacking civilians and destroying all that was in sight, making the creature that was unknown become "Sin" because it was created by everything that was bad and from the awful things that were done by those who lived on Spira.

It was worst than it had been before it had been taken control over by the underworld god. Before, the monster was used to scare the people of Gaia, not to obliterate all life forms, but then, it seemed as though that was the only objective that Sin had. The gods knew that they had to do something fast before this monster causes any more destruction than it had already done, but they knew that they were unable to destroy it. They almost lost all hope when they finally realized that there may be one thing that could possibly be their only hope left: the power that was held by those that were called aeons.

Aeons were divine creatures with unique power and characteristics that could be used to destroy Sin. There was only one way that aeons could be called upon, if a summoner prays for them. In order for that to happen, the gods must find the chosen one that will have the ability to behold the great power of these magnificent creatures after they undergo a couple years of hard training. The problem was, the gods were not able to find the one that would be known as the chosen one. To find that one person, Yeven granted the beings of Spira with the ability to become summoners.

Because the process of becoming a summoner took a long period of time before successfully completing the training procedures, Yeven and the gods used as much of their strength as they could to put the creature at bay until they could find the one true summoner to defeat it.

There were people that were too young or too old to do it, and there were even those who did not want to become one. But for those who did, they began to train for the next few years until they were able to fully reach the potential that was needed in order to have complete control of the aeon's strong power. Those who completed their training would be seen going to temples all around Spira or Al Bhed to pray for an aeon. If they were successful, that would mean that they were chosen to become the one true summoner, if not, it will simply mean that the aeon does not feel that they should become their new master.

After two years of testing to see if they could be the one, the true summoner had finally been found. She was a young woman named Yuna Laska, a girl of sixteen years of age; she had marked history of becoming the world's first summoner when receiving the honor of becoming the master of the first aeon that the world had ever witnessed.

After being accepted by her first aeon, she was ready to go on her pilgrimage, a journey in which she must travel the world and visit different temples to pray for an aeon that would accept her to become their new master. Soon, after a few weeks had gone by, she finally traveled all over the world until she had visited all of the special temples that had aeons blessed in them.

Along the way, though, there was also a task that she was to complete. She had to choose those she trusted most to become her guardians, who afterward would be sworn to protect the summoner with their life. Once she had gone to all of the temples, it was time for her to get the final aeon.

One of the strict rules that a summoner must follow was that they were not allowed to go to the temple of the final summoning first. This was because if they did go there first, the end result for them could be death for they did not spend the time to develop their new summoning powers to its full level that was needed in order to handle the power of the final aeon.

Yuna Laska was able to retrieve the final aeon with success, and used it in the final battle against her enemy, Sin, but it was at an unexpected cost that the future summoners of her time would have to face. It was a difficult decision that she had to make on her own, which she felt that she was unable to do, but had no other choice. People were dying and she had to do it, even if it was something that she felt was not right.

Regretfully, she made the decision that had changed her life forever. After retrieving the final aeon, mournfully, but furiously, she went to into the final battle with a vengeance. She fought Sin and destroyed him completely with the help of the fighting skills of her guardians and the aeons that she had been blessed with from her pilgrimage. After Sin was destroyed, it disappeared without a trace, except for the beetle Uyeven that had been inserted into it before. The beetle came and took possession of the final aeon as it engulfed its life force into itself.

Afterwards, both the beetle Uyeven and the aeon were gone. After becoming a world famous hero, Yuna Laska returned home with her fellow guardians by her side as Spira thanked her for her greatness. She was happy for what she had accomplished, and the world appreciated it as much as the gods did, but it did not ease the pain in her heart for what she had done. As though a deep knife had cut through her beating heart, she could not stop the feeling of guilt that ate away at her conscience. She lived with this thing that she had called a mistake for the next five years. That was when the most unlikely thing occurred: Sin came back.

Uyeven, the beetle, had complete control over Sin when the underworld god inserted it into it. When Sin had been slain, the beetle was dying. It needed another subject with a powerful life source in order to live. To do that, Uyeven took control over the final aeon after the final battle was fought. Once the beetle had taken the final aeon, it spent the next five years forming itself into a creature, the duplicate form of Sin.

Yuna Laska stayed and fought for the second time, even when she was upset for having this incident occur again. She went through the same process, with the exception of the years of training and the pilgrimage. Once again, she had defeated Sin after paying the price for getting the final aeon. She had willingly gone into battle knowing that she would be fighting against an aeon that was once hers, but once the battle had been fought, Uyeven had once again stole the life source it needed to stay alive.

With much consideration, facts and figures that were calculated by the scientists of Spira showed that the only known way to defeat Sin was to complete the process of a summoner and go into the final battle. The problem was, Uyeven would repeatedly take the life source from the final aeon, turning itself into a duplicate form of Sin, and causing destruction every five years. After learning this theory, Yuna Laska fell ill. She had fought and survived the first two cycles of this evil creature, yet it would not die. She had lost a part of her that had meant so much to her, and the thought of having to fight against the evil form of her second aeon was unbearable.

Seeing that she was unstable for another round with the eternal Sin, Yeven ordered for the people of Spira to go into training once again in preparation of what they will have to face in another five years again. Months later, Yuna Laska, only twenty-two years of age, passed away.

She may have been a strong woman, but she was still as fragile as glass. Spira had mourned for the lost of this girl who had saved the lives of so many. As a memory of her life, Yeven and the gods built a temple, along with the statue of Yuna Laska inside of it, to represent her many sacrifices for others.

The temple, which was built on Zanarkand for memorable and protective purposes, became the place that all summoners had to go to in order to pray for the final summoning. Although Zanarkand was just a dead island, the only life forms that could be found there were civilians dedicated to looking after the temple. They heavily guarded it, along with the spirit form of Yuna Laska.

Yeven had made the decision to make her the official guardian of the final aeon as an honor to her many sacrifices, which she had sworn to protect for the future summoners to come.