Zanarkand's air had a different feel to him, that's what Auron decided as he made his way down the flights of stairs. 'What the hell is so different?' It was driving him a little insane, to not be able to put his finger on it. And not a minute later he felt a finger on him. He reacted fast - striking a battle ready pose, only to see a little monkey in front of him clutching onto something in his hands. 'What the hell is that thing holding?' he questioned, relaxing his stance. He looked at the small creature, eyebrows furrowed until he got a good look - "Give me my Gil back", Auron said in his usual calm, yet demanding voice. The monkey looked at Auron and then fled in the opposite direction. Auron muttered "damn monkey" to himself, but continued walking rather than pursue the thing. But certainly not after taking notice that the 'change in the air' was that damn monkey - all of them actually. 'Why the hell are there so many of these things?' he wondered as he made his way out of the temple and down the long path out of Zanarkand.
The fights were few and far between, thankfully. His abilities all seemed the same - his strength and all - if not more powerful. However, he was still alone against some strong fiends and certainly didn't come out of every battle unscathed. His left leg was bleeding heavily and his chest had been slightly impaled by one of the beasts. Of course the Fayth sent him back without a single item, not even an echo screen. Hell they had given him some Gil but no items? 'Maybe I was too optimistic at the beginning of all this' he thought, shaking his head he continued to move until he saw the spot they had made camp outside of the city on Yuna's pilgrimage. He went over slowly and sat down allowing his leg rest when he noticed an odd sphere, looking device sitting on the ground.
Reaching over he picked it up, looking over every inch of the device. 'It looks kind of like a sphere - what the hell does it do? And why is out here in the middle of nowhere?' Auron questioned. After a few more minutes of toying with the device it started to make noises. Auron stopped moving it in his hands and looked down at it - watching a light turn on - slight static and then there was a picture. All Auron saw was, what looked like a little kid and he was definitely Al-Bhed. After a moment of silence the kid spoke "What are you doing with my commsphere? You could break it you know. You should put it down and leave it alone." One's of Auron's eyebrows shot up at the tone of the boy. Auron ignored him and simply said "What is a commsphere? And who are you?"
"Name's Shinra. And that device is used so I can observe the areas of Spira and communicate with people from the comfort of my airship. And who are you and why do you have it?" Shinra responded.
Auron ignored his questions again and simply asked "You have an airship?"
Shinra's face scrunched at the question "Well, it's not mine, but yeah. Why?"
"Could you possibly do me the favor of picking me up in Zanarkand, I'm afraid I've gotten injured from the fiends and am not sure if I can make my way through Gagazet."
Shinra didn't respond, he just stared at the red clad warrior.
"I can pay you for the service or course" Auron sigh ignoring the urge to roll his eyes. Plus he was desperate to keep going, and as an under thought he's al-bhed and may know where she is.
"Hmm, yes, I'll see what I can do. Stay put though, I'll have two people come out to meet you. Oh and put the device back from where you got it." with that Shinra disconnected the image, leaving Auron sitting there and waiting for help to come. 'This is not how I pictured my first day in Spira.'
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On the island of Besaid all of the islanders had just witnesses a tear jerking reunion between their own high summoner and one of her legendary guardians. Still standing on the airship Rikku still looked down at the sight of her cousin and Tidus. 'Aw, finally!!! This is what Yuna's been dying for!!!' she was certainly full of joy for the couple, though her thoughts about it were cut short by Paine who looked at her and said "I think Shinra's calling us." Rikku cocked her head to the side but moved back into the airship.
"You called Shinra?" Rikku asked.
"Yes, can you two retrieved an injured warrior from Zanarkand for me." Shinra stated more than asked never looking away from his computer.
"What?" Paine asked with a short tone and eye brows furrowed.
"I need you two to pick up a man in Zanarkand. He's injured and might not make it if he had to travel to Gagazet. So I told him I would have two people come to take care of it." he said looking up at the two ladies before him.
"And you just assumed we would do this? Don't you think we have better things to do right now?" Paine stated all too bluntly.
Rikku chirped in a "Yeah!"
Shinra's response was "I'm just a kid?"
Rikku shrugged "Alright fine I'll tell Yunie. Hey Brother fire up the ship man were off to Zanarkand!"
Brother looked at Rikku, a response ready on his tounge - Rikku cut him off "Just do it Brother!" with that she ran off.
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After a minute Rikku reappeared. "Hey Shinra."
"Yeah Rikku"
"What's this guy's name? What he look like?" she questioned.
"I didn't catch his name, but he wearing all red, I think he's some kind of warrior, he had a huge sword with him so. . . " Shinra trailed off. "He'll be waiting at the city's entrance for you." he put in after.
Rikku's mind went haywire for a minute. She stole a glance to the window and saw a retreating Besaid Island. Her heart pounding out of heart chest, her eyes wide "Woah, no way, a warrior in all red? If Tidus just came back does that mean . . . Auron . . . ?'
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Woah guys, sorry it took me so long to get this posted, I've been swamped and stressed majorly so my apologies. Especially to Jaymo, I swear it was meant to be out sooner. Anyway, sorry this chapter is lame, just another got to get the story moving along kind of chapter you know? On the plus side Rikku meets up with Auron next chapter!! Bet a few of you are looking forward to that. I am I have a few ideas of where this is going! But anyway, I hope you enjoyed this crappy chapter. But please do read and review for me, let me know what you think!
