Lost in Spira 9- Travelling and Walking
"Try the fire spell this time." I nod and hold out my hand and a flame appears. "Now aim it at that pillar." I nod and swing my hand out, sending the ball of fire at the pillar. It fizzles before it hits and I frown. "That's strange…"
"Maybe I did something wrong?" Lulu shakes her head.
"I don't think so…" I approach the pillar and look around it. There's a symbol on the pillar that I've seen on the entrance of every temple we've been in.
"I wonder if this symbol has something to do with it. Hey Lulu, why don't you try to hit the pillar?" She nods.
"Get out of the way." I nod and step back. Lulu sends a ball of fire at the pillar and it bounces off, straight at me. I'm not far enough away to dodge, and it hits me. We hurry to try and put out the flame but I realize that it's not burning me. Lulu gets the flame out and stares at the spot where the fire should have burned me. "Well, isn't that interesting?" Wakka stares at the spot as well.
"Has Yuna taught you any nullifying spells?" I shake my head.
"No." Yuna laughs ahead of us and turns.
"Hey! Are you guys gonna stand around talking or are we gonna get going?" I laugh and turn.
"Coming!" We start walking again and Lulu starts telling me about the Blizzard spell. I manage to create the spell after the first try and Lulu laughs.
"You have a great gift! I didn't even learn these spells that quickly! We'll go to Lightning next." I nod and we manage to get through the other two basic spells. By the time we get through with Water, we get stopped by Chocobo. A woman in armor on one looks at us.
"Lady Summoner, I presume?" Yuna and I both nod.
"Yes, I am Yuna." I smile slightly.
"And I'm Lezuri." The woman nods.
"I am Lucil, captain of the Djose Chocobo Knights." Another woman salutes.
"And I'm Elma. We've been charged to guard the Highroad." Lucil frowns.
"There have been reports of a large fiend appearing in this area, with a taste for Chocobos. Do take care, Summoner Yuna, Summoner Lezuri, if you are to rent any Chocobos." We both nod and Yuna smiles slightly.
"Thank you. We will be careful." Lucil nods once.
"Good. We should get back to our rounds. Farewell. Our prayers are with you." We get out of the way as the two girls leave. Tidus hits his hand.
"A large fiend…let's go get him!" Auron turns to him.
"Why?" Tidus frowns.
"It's the right thing to do." Auron pauses.
"It's the right thing to do?" Auron starts laughing at Tidus.
"What'd I say now?" Auron catches his breath.
"Jecht said that a lot, too. And every time he said it, it meant trouble for Braska and me." He laughs again. I frown.
"Well, I think we should go after it! I mean, if it attacks a Chocobo and hurts people, then there will be people that get hurt. Innocent people." Auron shrugs. I'm assuming that I sound like Braska. And I can tell that Yuna agrees. We keep walking and run into another Summoner.
"A Summoner party. Oh, two Summoners." Yuna smiles at her.
"You, too, are a Summoner?" The woman nods once.
"My name is Belgemine. You are…?" Yuna pauses.
"My name is Yuna." I smile slightly.
"And I'm Lezuri." We both bow and do the prayer.
"Ah, the High Summoner's daughter. I've heard much of you. And you play for the Besaid Aurochs, Lady Lezuri? Helped them win the championship, correct?" I nod. "But you are both still fresh on the road, are you not?" Yuna nods once.
"Yes, we are." Belgemine smiles slightly.
"I might have a few things to teach you. Let us see which are stronger. My Aeons or yours. A one-on-one match. Not to the death, of course. What do you say?" I look at Yuna and then at Belgemine.
"Which of us are you challenging?" She looks at me.
"Lady Yuna. If you want me to test you as well, Lady Lezuri, I'll happily oblige." Yuna nods.
"Okay. I'll do my best!" Belgemine nods once.
"Good. Before we begin…your Aeons have been healed. You can fight me with your full strength. Come." Belgemine summons Ifrit. "Show me how strong of a link you have with your Aeons." Yuna summons Valefor and defeats the Ifrit. "I underestimated you. Lady Lezuri, would you like to try now?" I nod and summon Ifrit after Belgemine summons Valefor.
"Ready?" He nods and uses fire to attack Valefor. He alternates using magic and a meteor attack to defeat Valefor.
"Not bad for one so young. I underestimated you both. You show promise. With more training, one of you could defeat Sin." Yuna beams.
"Thank you! But I think you might defeat Sin before I am able to." Belgemine shakes her head.
"I cannot. Or should I say…I was not able to." I frown.
"You mean…" Belgemine sighs.
"Farewell, Yuna, Lezuri. We'll meet again." She leaves and I face Yuna.
"Did she mean that she's tried to defeat Sin before?" She nods slightly.
"I think so…" Wakka clears his throat.
"Let's get going." We nod and start back down the road.
"Lady Summoner!" We stop to talk to the girl. The woman with her examines us.
"You're Summoners?" Yuna nods once.
"Yes. My name is Yuna. And this is Lezuri." The girl smiles.
"I'm Calli." I smile at her.
"Nice to meet you, Calli." Calli looks at Yuna.
"Lady Yuna, are you going to bring us the Calm? Or Lady Lezuri?" We both nod.
"Yes, very soon." The little girl runs around happily.
"Yay!" The woman with Calli smiles at us.
"We're looking forward to another Calm, My Lady Summoner." Yuna and I bow.
"We'll do our best." The woman grins.
"And good luck to your guardians as well." The guys look away from the woman and I touch my forehead. After a moment, the woman and girl leave and Tidus walks over.
"What's the Calm?" Yuna smiles at him.
"The Calm is a time of peace. It comes after a Summoner defeats Sin, and lasts until Sin reappears." Naturally, Tidus is confused. Lulu sighs.
"Sin dies, and is reborn." Tidus nods, finally getting it.
"I get it! I thought it was weird. Yuna's dad defeated Sin ten years ago, right? But Sin's still here! Didn't make much sense till now. Wait…if it just comes back…" Yuna frowns.
"Don't say it isn't worth it…because it is. Because, even for a little while, people can sleep in their beds without being afraid. That kind of time is worth anything. So…don't say it isn't worth it." Auron sighs.
"Let's move on. There's an agency up the road. We should be able to get there before nightfall. If we keep moving." We keep going and encounter two of the Crusaders.
"Hey! We saw the game! You guys were great!"
"It was close, Wakka." Lucil comes over.
"Hey! Stop loafing around!" The two fumble for words.
"Uh…the Lady Summoner and her guardians…" Lucil glares at them.
"This mission requires our full attention. We've no time to waste! Understood?"
"Yes, Ma'am! Apologies, Ma'am!" Lucil sighs.
"Carry on." Lucil leaves and I sigh.
"See? Keep your head down, say 'sir' a lot, and you'll do fine."
"Right…Sir." Yuna laughs a bit.
"Hey, Yuna. Even though Yevon rejected us…we still believe in you. That won't ever change." She smiles at them.
"Thank you, Sir Luzzu, Sir Gatta. But, you know…it's not too late for you to go back to Besaid and…"
"We should be going, Sir!" They leave and I shrug.
"We should get going as well." We continue and hear an argument.
"We'll defeat Sin any way we can!" The girl the Crusaders are arguing with sighs.
"But Yevon's teachings say…" The Crusaders start to leave.
"Enough!" The girl stutters.
"I-I only meant to…" Yuna approaches her.
"Are you all right?" The girl stares at her.
"Lady Summoner…?" Yuna nods.
"Yes, I am Yuna." We're doing a lot of introducing ourselves on this trip. You'd think that word would spread about our names as fast as news of that operation. Oh well. "And this is Lezuri. We're travelling together." The girl bows.
"It is an honor, my ladies. My name is Shelinda. I am a disciple of Yevon." Tidus frowns slightly. He's probably about to act really stupid.
"What was all that about? The Crusaders' operation?" Not yet. Wakka spoke first. Tidus lifts a hand slightly.
"You mean the one Gatta and Luzzu were talking about?" Shelinda nods.
"I heard they were to use forbidden Machina! I had to stop them." Tidus raises an eyebrow.
"Huh? Why?" Lulu sighs.
"The use of Machina is strictly forbidden by the Yevon priesthood." Wakka nods.
"That's bad, ya?" Auron scoffs.
"Let them use whatever they want. They still won't defeat Sin." Shelinda gasps.
"But, it's not about defeating Sin! The teachings of Yevon must be upheld!" Wakka nods in agreement.
"Yea! Right!" Shelinda sighs and shakes her head.
"But you don't understand! The crusaders won't even listen to me. And it's all because I'm just a lowly Acolyte." Yuna shakes her head.
"Don't say that. Well, I haven't been a Summoner for very long myself, you see. And neither has Lezuri. Still, I can't put myself down every time I fail. People are depending on me. They're depending on all of us!" Shelinda grins.
"Yes. Yes, you're right, my lady. Absolutely right! Thank you so much Lady Yuna!" We start out again and finally get to a travel agency.
"We rest here." Wakka points at the agency.
"But, this is an Al Bhed shop!" Auron looks at him.
"Is that a problem?" Wakka frowns.
"They don't believe in Yevon and in Luca they…they kidnapped Yuna and Zuri!" Auron scoffs.
"Where were her guardians?" Yuna frowns.
"Sir Auron's just concerned about your health." Wakka crosses his arms.
"I'm not tired one bit!" Auron sighs.
"Well I am." We go into the agency and get rooms.