Title:
Forbidden
Rating: PG
Pairings: Shuyin/Yuna,
mentions of Tidus/Yuna
Warnings: None
Disclaimer:
I do not own FINAL FANTASY X-2 in any way, shape or form. All
characters, locations and general world of FINAL FANTASY X-2 belongs
to those who have created and distributed it.
Summary:
After the Eternal Calm has spread and Yuna is back with
the one she loves. Why does she have these feeling that she hopes
that are not her own, feelings for an old fayth known as Shuyin?
Author's
Notes: Basically done because I didn't see any stories
concerning them. This is un beta'd, because she hasn't played the
game and I'm not spoiling for her.
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The sound of crashing waves greeted her ears as she walked out of the small hut that she had called home for just a few days. Besaid wasn't her actual birthplace but it felt like it, growing up with Wakka and Lulu had given her the sense of having siblings and the island gave her the ultimate sense of comfort. She was dressed in light and somewhat thin white pants that came just below her knees and a blue shirt that reached just passed her elbows, her hair was still wrapped up in its red cloth. It would be insane for her to unravel it every night just to get up a few hours before sunrise to put it back up. She only took it down when going to the bathes, where it would easier just to wash it once a week. She had her multicolored blanket turned shawl as well as she quietly left the village.
It was deep into the night now, millions upon billions of multicolored stars shined in the sky as she continued up the steep hill leaving the small area of human habitation. The sound of crickets and the soft movement of fiends were there but she ignored them. She gripped the shawl tightly as they didn't lash out, the sound of the crashing of the waves made her think of the soft sighs of the pyreflies. At the very top of the hill, she turned and looked back at the small village. A night breeze softly blew her cropped hair and it sent a shiver down her spine.
All of this made her think of the encounter in the Farplane just a few weeks back. To her the Farplane was the most beautiful place she had ever seen and had been one of the few people ever to walk on its non-existent surface of wildflowers and waterfalls. Subconsciously she began moving towards the beach again, her thoughts still lingering on what had happened in the forbidden utopia.
She had
Tidus again, a gift to her from the Farplane. He was no longer a
dream nor a memory but a live person, the last remnant of a once
powerful machina city. As she walked underneath the remnants of one
of the many Zanarkand outposts, she heard a distinct growl of a
coyote but she ignored it, drifting as if she were a ghost and that
she couldn't get hurt by it. She stopped though when it jumped out
in front of her and charged her. Automatically she called her the gun
of her Gunner dressphere and shot it. It fell back a few feet and
sprawled out and disappeared into a swirl of pyreflies.
Pyreflies.
"I've finally found you."
The sound of his voice
sent a pleasure shiver down her spine that shouldn't have happened.
Shaking her head, she dropped the gun that disappeared too, into
pyreflies. For the last few weeks she had tried to deny what had
happened during her meeting with the enigmatic Shuyin, the one who's
aura and essence in the end had created her love, Tidus. The meeting
in the Farplane made a lot of unneeded complications she didn't
need and she hid her distress easily. She had been a summoner and
being a summoner it was almost taboo to show worry, fear or pain. You
had to be an idol of peace and calm. And thus you must be calm, poise
and serene.
Rikku had probably picked up on it, being the one of
the few people that had traveled with her during that fatefully
pilgrimage. But the blond Al Bhed had mentioned nothing of it. Shuyin
was an anomaly to her, even after she had finally sent him to the
Farplane and he accepted his fate. After meeting with Tidus, yes, she
was still a sphere hunter; she had even found a few spheres of Lenne
and Yunalesca. Though in very bad condition, she knew the voices as
if they were her own. She blinked and looked up at the old machina
structure, shaking her head she turned and went back to the Besaid
village. Tomorrow she would ask to go to Guadosalam.
She
always liked the songs the musicians played but this one was her
favourite by far. It reminded her of…him. Sad to say but she was
more concerned about remembering Shuyin then she actually remembering
Tidus now…she had Tidus and yet Shuyin at the same time, though it
didn't feel like it. Both were different, Tidus was a like the
ocean, cool and calm but over excited when tempted. Shuyin seemed
more like a fierce inferno, warm and inviting one moment and next be
a destructive force.
Rikku stood with Tidus watching and
listening to the musicians, her cousin's lithe body swaying to
watch the soft rhythm. She turned to leave and walking up the uphill
turn to the Farplane, when Paine stopped her.
"You're going
to see him." It wasn't a question but a fact. Yuna's eyes
widened for a moment but returned to normal.
"You know
then..?"
"There's nothing to worry about, he is after all
practically your Tidus. I'll deal those two if needed." She moved
her head to the side to acknowledge Tidus and Rikku below her. Yuna
gave a reassured smile before turning and quickly jogging pass the
Guado that was next to the entrance and entered the sacred dwelling
of the memories of the dead. The outside of the Farplane looked
exactly how she remembered it, a large sphere amidst a bottomless pit
with only one way to and from it. She stopped at the clear
translucent opening of the sphere and took a deep breath.
"I'm
actually going to do this…" She muttered taking a deep breath,
calming her nerves as she entered the Farplane.
Walking through
the doorway she was now dressed in Lenne's clothes…her sphere,
the Songstress dressphere. She hadn't worn it in awhile outside of
battles otherwise she didn't even think about summoning it. It was
like a precious memory of what it had caused for her, even though it
literally was a clump of memories pulled together. No one was there
which was good. The Farplane was what she remembered it to be,
ethereal and utterly forbidden. It was like if you were a child and
you wanted so badly that was in your reach and yet not. So close and
yet so far away. She walked toward the edge of the old earthen floor
and waited. It wasn't long before the dressphere reacted to the
environment, beautiful swirls of light ghosting across her pale skin
as if forbidden whispers.
She looked down at the one that was
curiously moving across her arm as if rubbing against her as if a
pleased creature. Looking up, she gasped and took a hesitant step
back. He was standing right in front of her, a pleased look on his
face.
"I've awaited your return…Yuna."
He shouldn't
be able to talk…a shrill of shock shot through her body, he knew
she wasn't Lenne and yet he had still come to her. A pyreflies
cried out softly and began moving around almost agitated. Her breath
caught in her thought and she looked away embarrassed. His chuckled
scared her and enthralled her.
"Shuyin…what about Lenne?
Where is she?" The same chuckle again.
"Lenne is still within
you. She likes you, thus hangs around you." Oh. So that's why the
pyrefly had liked her so much. She looked up at him, he was smiling
and seemed generally happy. A few stray pyreflies began floating in
agitated circles, clearly annoyed.
"Wha-"
Before she could
finish, she was pulled into a tight hug. Her songstress dress started
to glow and 'exploded' into more pyreflies. Strange feelings
began to bubble up inside of her, happiness, safety,
security…love…lust. She no longer needed to know whose feelings
these were. They weren't Lenne's…these were her own feeling. A
lit pink tone appeared on her face as she realized these were the
same feelings she felt with Tidus. With Shuyin it felt almost…wrong
but right at the same time. She no longer dwelled on the feelings and
looked into Shuyin's eyes.
"Yuna..."
"Don't question
it…" She molded into his body perfectly, as she embraced him as
well and leaned up for a chaste kiss. Kissing Tidus was nothing like
this; Tidus was just like the water, free following and going with
the flow. Even for not being technically being alive, Shuyin still
seemed to be alive to her. The kiss sent a fire throughout her body,
making her hug the spirit tightly. She felt Shuyin stiffen and she
pulled back to see what had disrupted them and her eyes widened
drastically.
"F-father!"
Lord Braska stood there with
Auron, who currently had the Masamune digging into Shuyin's back.
Auron and Braska did not look pleased at what had transpired. Shuyin
chuckled and let go of the former summoner, turned and left, going
through the deadly blade.
"Father I-"
"Yuna…don't
say anything. Just don't ever come back for Shuyin ever again. The
last thing I want is for you to get hurt by him."
She nodded in
respect and soon left the Farplane, just before entering Guadosalam
she gave one fleeting look to the place that held the man that she
unwittingly loved.
