Disclaimer: I own nothing but what is inside my head. And even that may belong to someone else… Vnelg, I should stop trying to sound like a psycho.
A/N: Tribute to Auron. Faintly Aurikku, but only if you look really really really hard.
Auron: Thank Yevon. Finally a fic you write where I actually get to stay in character!
Hajan: Um, that was ooc…
Auron: stoic look and drinks from his jug
Hajan: That's more like it!
A guardian bound by honor
A guardian bound by promises
A guardian bound by pride
A guardian bound by heart
Yes, heart. No matter how hard he tries to get rid of it or ignore it.
It is his heart and his honor that made him promise in the first place.
It is heart, honor, promises, and pride that keep him around.
There is uncle-like affection for a young girl, the daughter of a dearly loved friend.
There is a father-like affection for a young boy, the son of a dearly loved friend.
There is respect (and lust sometimes) for a certain black mage.
There is a quiet camaraderie with a great Ronso.
There is toleration and some amity for a red-headed blitzball player, prejudiced, but who really does care.
There is affection for another young girl, the cousin of the daughter and her hyperactivity more annoying than even the blitzball player's overused, "ya's".
There is a feeling that ties him to the place he fought and died for.
There is something more than just honor and promises andpride keeping the legendary guardian in Spira.
He is not one to be taken lightly. He gets what he wants, mostly. If he wanted to be sent, he would have been sent.
Even daily polished honor can become tarnished.
Promises are always being broken.
Pride comes before a fall.
Though he would rather die (bitter laughter) than admit it, the legendary stoic has a heart.
And it rules him more than his mind.
It is what fuels him.
The honor, the pride, the promises, the mind: all are subject to the heart that rules this man.
As he pulls on his long red coat, as he pushes his sunglasses up to cover his eye that might reveal too much of what is inside his head, as he brushes the scar that serves as a reminder of the promises he made, as he swings his huge sword over his shoulder, as he takes on his role as the stoic legend that guards this young summoner, he knows.
And he decides to forget. He can do that. He is Auron, after all. And what he does not want to think about, he will not think about.
A heart is weak and vulnerable.
But it is the strength he draws upon to stay in Spira.
A guardian bound by honor
A guardian bound by promises
A guardian bound by pride
A guardian bound by heart
He is all this and more.
Auron, the legendary guardian
The only one to reach Zanarkand and live
Has a great
Weakness
Has a great
Strength
Has
Honor
Promises
Pride
And
A
Heart
Dang it, I think I may have failed in trying to keep him in character. What do you think? Please read and review. First in the series of tributes to all the main characters of FFX. And maybe even not so main.
-Hajan Rana
Al Bhed nulgc! E muja ed duu silr.