Yay, this is my first ever fan fiction on here. First of all lets start with the disclaimer!!
Disclaimer: I do not own any part of Final Fantasy or the gaming series, the original characters are not mine although i have put some original characters of mine in this, so please do not steal them! This is a purely fan based fiction, All right for the original FF characters go to their rightful owners at SqaureSoft.
So then, what do you need to know about this fanfiction of mine??? - well basically, this is a fanfiction of Shuyin and Lenne before the beginning of FFX and FFX-2.. it's also, how i think their stories could have fit better into the story of FFX, please review, but also please don't be nasty, this is my first fanfiction to be published here.. Thanks xxx
Chapter 10: Our Goodbye
"Shuyin?" Lenne called out to the dark room. "Shuyin are you in here?"
There was no answer. Lenne turned on the light in the lounge to find it completely empty. Tidus was getting heavy in her arms and she needed to put the sleeping baby down somewhere soon.
Laying him gently in his travel cot she searched the rest of the apartment, there was no sign of Shuyin anywhere. She stepped out onto the little balcony quickly and looked towards the temple. From here she could see the soldiers marching to the shore where the airships were waiting to fly them to Bevelle. This was it. The final day of peace before the war.
Lenne shook her head with disgust and stepped back into the bedroom. It was only now that she noticed the white paper on the bed. She picked it up gently and read it, having to lean against the bed post for support;
To my Darling Summoner,
I'm sorry that I can't be there to say a real goodbye. The Commander has sent me to Bevelle early so that I can hack into the Vegnagun weapon and use it against Bevelle. Can you imagine, wiping out an entire city with their own weapon!
As you can probably guess, this is why I've been sneaking off all this time. And I truly am sorry that I've not been there to watch over Tidus with you, but this is the only sure fire way to save both of your lives. I'm a coward for writing this letter and not saying this in person, but I just can't stand to see your eyes full of hurt because of me.
It seems so long ago that we first met, in the Blitzball stadium after the first game that you ever went to see. It's seems almost a life time, but in fact it's only been five years to the day that we first laid eyes on each other. Since then we've been through so much; the day on the lake, when I knocked you out of the boat with a blitzball. The volley ball game on the beach, where you broke my nose.
Our first kiss, which you slapped me for afterwards. Our wedding day, were we finally sealed our love legally. And last but not least, the birth of our beautiful son. I have faith in you that you'll raise him to be the best that he can be.
I'm sorry that I'm not there, but I've never been very good with face-to-face goodbyes. It's better this way. I love you
Your loving Blitzball player, xxx.
Lenne felt her entire body go numb. Tears spilled from her eyes but she felt no pain. Or maybe the pain was so great that it sent her body numb. Her husband, the father of her child, the only man she had ever loved, was about to get himself killed trying to save her.
She wasn't having any of it, they had made a vow, "Until death do us part." She said aloud, and then paused looking back at the letter. Everything moved so fast after that. She felt like a high strung teenager, about to do a stupid thing on nothing but a simple impulse. "And we'll part together."
She was determined no matter what that Tidus still stood a chance of surviving this war. She knew that one day he would find the love of his life and go on to do great things.
She called Mahra and asked her to come over, and then pack a large bag for Tidus.
Mahra walked in an hour later to find Lenne saying her final goodbye to her tiny baby. The large bag was leaning against the sofa, waiting to be picked up. "Lenne what are you doing?" Mahra asked.
Lenne zipped up Tidus's coat and picked him up into her arms. She turned around the face her older sister. "Mahra, you know I wouldn't ask you to come over here at this hour unless it was serious, right?"
"Yea, what's wrong? Is Tidus sick?"
Lenne didn't answer. She simply strode over to her sister and kissed Tidus on his forehead before placing him in Mahra's arms.
"I hope you're not going to do anything crazy." Mahra commented, partly on Lenne's behaviour.
Lenne smiled directly at her sister, and then at her son. "People, do crazy things, when they're in love." She shrugged, showing hardly any emotion for what she had just read in Shuyin's letter.
Mahra was completely confused by her sister's action, but held on to the baby desperately. "What are you doing Lenne?"
"It doesn't matter now," Lenne replied. "All I will say is this. Please what him whilst I'm gone, and if I don't come back, please love him, like he was one of your own. If Jecht lays so much as I finger on him, I'll be coming back to haunt him from the Farplane."
Mahra didn't reply at all, she was too busy welling up at her sister's words as she watched her kiss the tiny baby goodbye and placed her Zanarkand Abes pendant that Shuyin had given her on his tiny chest. Lenne left Mahra with a family hug and a kiss on her check before she ran out of the front door.
Lenne could run fast enough down the stairs. She was knew what was about to happen in Bevelle, and she could only hope that she had made the right choices for her son. She knew she wasn't coming home, and she prayed to Yevon, as she flew out of the city in her tiny speeder. That he would grow up loved and safe.
Bevelle was lively with people. Soldiers lined the streets, and minute now expecting an attack from Zanarkand. Lenne managed to slip Unnoticed through the busy streets at up to the palace, disguised as a summoner from Bevelle. Getting into the underground chamber was a little bit harder though.
She easily knocked out two guards who stood in her way, only to attract the attention of a whole group of them. She ran. Her footsteps echoed loudly as her feet pounded against the floor. This all seemed so familiar, her nightmare now seemed like some sort of premonition to her, if so then any moment now she would hear the pounding notes from a piano drifting through the hall way.
She stopped at a four way point along the tunnel; Bevelle's soldiers were further behind her now. This gave her enough time to listen for the piano.
Sure enough the notes came, she checked behind herself. The soldiers were in hearing distance, but not visible to the eye yet. She ran down the corridor to the left, soon entering a chamber and laying eyes on the Vegnagun weapon. And there was Shuyin, high above its head, playing some sort of musical organ. She ran forwards once more and spread her arms and legs like a star. "YOU MUST STOP!" She yelled, grabbing his attention, "THAT'S ENOUGH!"
Noise from behind made her turn around. The guards had been closer than she had thought, and now they were in the chamber too. Lenne turned back around to face the weapon; Shuyin had just climbed down its front to meet her. They ran into each other's arms straight away.
"What are you doing here Lenne?" He argued.
"Do you seriously think I would let you die without me?!" Lenne replied.
"What about Tidus?! Where is he?!" Shuyin asked, with wide, anxious eyes.
Lenne looked down at his chest and then smiled back up at him. "He's safe, with his family. Trust me."
They were both recognised as intruders from Zanarkand and the guards prepared to fire their guns at them.
"Until death do us part?" Shuyin asked, glancing back to his wife.
"Not even death can make us part, we made an eternal commitment." Lenne replied.
No sooner than one second after Lenne had spoken, the guns fired and they were on the floor, separated only by air, but not by love.
Shuyin watched as Lenne smiled his favourite smile and uttered, "I love you." The closed her eyes for the last time.
"I love you." Shuyin replied, and then slipped into his eternal rest.
One more chapter to close i think, tie it all together x x