I do not own Final fantasy X in anyway, shape, or form (other than owning a copy of the game) as all rights go to Square Enix. However my OC and his equipment (not the concepts behind it) do belong to me.
Pup2001: I agree that was the best way for the Aurochs to win and Wakka to retire, as for the keys I've drawn up and planned all his keys, Korogra will get something similar from Sin itself. Anyway his celestial keys have shown up not just here but will show up in Aura and Celestials, Queen of Ice and Celestial Champion, Straw Hat Aura and some other Fics of mine, all the more reason to check 'em out
Wakka seemed to consider this, then focused his attention on taking down the flyers soon they met up with Yuna, Lulu, and Kimahri who were surprised with Korogra acting so casual around a guardian of Auron's caliber. Yuna bowed with Yevon's prayer, then Korogra said, "I think we've dawdled enough, we need to get the people to safety." Knowing he's right, the others scatter to help where they can. As Korogra is cutting down any and all fiends that get in his way he catches a brief glimps of Anima and thinks, 'What are you up to Seymour Guado?' As Anima is destroying the fiends it catches sight of Korogra and sends its own key to him, Korogra catches the key that Anima sent him it had designs of Anima's chains on the body of the key, portions of what Korogra figured to be Anima's seal at the base and the teeth resemble Anima's head and the shell its chained in. But unlike the keys he had, Anima's key is grey signaling it can't be used yet, shrugging it off Korogra continues cutting through fiends.
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After all the fiends had been killed, Korogra and the others headed toward Mi'hen Highroad but Korogra turns to Wakka and Lulu and says, "You wanted to talk to me about how none of you really know me." Wakka says, "Yeah we did." Lulu asks, "You said you had to fight to survive for a few years now as we left Besaid why is that?" Korogra answered, "Well Lulu, I was born the same day there was a creature on a rampage destroying the village, a lot of people died that day of course there always was an acceptance of death in the back of everyone's minds, due to the village being a warrior village. You see the village sent warriors on missions daily and a portion of the money given at the end of said missions was turned over to fund the village, every warrior learned early on, death is a constant risk in out of village missions. Back to why I had to fight to survive, because I was born that day I was constantly beaten by mobs and generally treated like shit, be it getting kicked out of stores, being sold rotten food or bad clothes for three times the normal price of good clothes, hell several times there were assassination attempts on me. All of this because of grief and because people assumed the creature became me so it could destroy the village from inside."
Wakka then asked, "You also mentioned a fighting tournament called 'Blitz', what even is that?" Korogra said, "Blitz is a bianual tournament that was hosted in Jikkanu and other places, it's very similar to the Blitzball tournament as the winner is given a trophy for winning but it was a simple tournament construct," Korogra drew the tournament bracket on a paper and said, "Blitz was devided into eight blocks labeled A-H, each block had four subdivisions of six matches each the winners of the matches would then face three other winners in the preliminaries then came the elimination rounds where if you loose two matches you're out of running for the championship, those that make it through elimination battle in the Quarter Finals winning two matches takes you to the SemiFinals, ya win there and you enter the finals then comes the hard part, winning the finals you then face the champion after a week to rest and train if you manage to beat the defending champ your given the trophy. But if you loose to the champion you get a smaller trophy but also act as a judge for the next tournament."
As Korogra was explaining the Blitz tournament, Yuna and Auron arrived while the others were focused on Korogra's explanation, Kimahri, who was starting to trust Korogra asked, "How far has Korogra made in tournament?" Everyone except Auron and Korogra were surprised, Korogra thought, 'Looks like Kimahri is starting to trust me' he then said, "In my first Blitz tournament I was eliminated before the quarter finals, in my second I made it to the Semifinals before loosing then I ended up here." Straightning up he said, "We need to get going."
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As they followed the path they came across an old scholar named Machen who explained the origin of the crusaders, as they proceeded everyone learned new skills eventually they came across another summoner who wanted to test Yuna's skill and was impressed by her bond with her aeons soon they made their way to a Travel Agency owned by a man named Rin who said, "Rammu drana." Korogra made sure Wakka wasn't within earshot then said, "Rao, hysa'c Gunukny." Rin switched to English and said, "And I'm Rin, and this is a branch of my travel agency. I must say I was surprised you can speak Al Bhed so well." Korogra replied, "Thank you, I just prefer to keep my skill in speaking Al Bhed on the down low, I don't need to be on the receiving end of racial prejudice from Yevonites." Rin nods in understanding and Korogra exits the agency to watch the sunset. He sees Yuna sitting facing the ruins in the water but as he approaches he sees her recording something in a sphere.
Realizing that she plans to leave it behind when she defeats Sin, he sits down near her and says, "Hey Yuna, Do you ever feel a strange sadness as dusk falls? It's said that it's the only time when our world intersects with theirs... The only time we can feel the lingering regrets of spirits who have left ours. This is why loneliness always pervades the hour of twilight." Oddly when he says that the other Guardians and Rin focus on him. Yuna fumbles the sphere in surprise but puts it away then asks, "What do you mean?"
Korogra sighs, "It's just, for years now I've always found sunset very melancholy as it's been said back in Jikkanu, if it's even still there, sunset and sunrise are the times when the farplain and our world intertwine and even the most stern person feels an unidentifiable sadness as dusk falls, heh back home even the rowdiest animal or person calmed down at dusk because of the loneliness they felt." By now everyone was staring out at the sunset, Korogra closed his eyes and started singing the Hymn of the Fayth, "Ieui nobomenu renmiri yojuyogo hasatekanae Kutamae." He then stands and walks to the Chocobos which bend down allowing him to pet them.
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The next day, Korogra wakes up before the others and goes to watch the sunrise. When Yuna wakes up she asks, "Has anyone seen Korogra?" Rin walks in and says, "I am Rin, the owner of this agency and your companion Korogra woke up before sunrise and went to watch it." Yuna goes outside and sees Korogra holding a medallion that glows in the morning light. Yuna sits down next to him and asks, "What's that Korogra?" Korogra shows her the medallion which depicted a wolf mid-pounce and says, "It's a medallion the mayor of Jikkanu gave me years ago, told me that my birth parents left it for me alongside a message before they left me in the care of my parents; Marcus and Mimi Kantu. Before they died Marcus and Mimi gave me a similar medallion only that one depicts a dragon." Putting the wolf medallion away he said, "I hope the medallion leads me to my real parents, if they're alive that is, ya know for closure." Korogra stands and pulls out his keyblade then motions for Yuna to grab her staff and get ready for battle.
A/N: I'm actually going to stop there and next time will be the battle Korogra motioned Yuna to get ready for, I may also include operation Mi'hen and Djose temple.
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