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"You will not die!" he shouted definitely and angrily. He had tears in his eyes. He put his hand above my stomach. I looked into his face feeling weaker. The light was fading.

So this is it. I thought. This is what it's like to die.

Lying there I could hear nothing but Seymour's voice growing fainter and fainter and could only feel the cold pool of my own blood that I was lying in dying, dying, dying…

Chapter 11

Come on, come on

Seymour looked at the girl on the steps before him; she was just clinging to life now. Coughing up blood every so often. Rachel the only girl to have not let race cloud her vision and to see the person inside. He continued to utter the Cura spell. The wounds were deep and heavily inflicted. The life was slowly draining from her eyes. He was losing her.

No I can't loose someone else.

He dragged her almost lifeless body up the steps to the top of the Maester's balcony. He could hear each individual beat of her heart.

"Y-y," Rachel stuttered sucking in with the pain which was followed by another cough of blood, "Believe in your-." Another suck, "Yourself."

Her head then fell limp and she lay there motionless.

No!

He obeyed her words he had to keep trying.

I believe I believe.

All the cuts on Rachel's body then disappeared. She made no sign of awakening. It was to late she was dead…

I found myself standing surrounded by darkness. Oh well if that was dying it wasn't that bad apart from the pain. I saw a faint aura of light appear and Bahamut appeared.

"You could have told me that it would hurt that much before dying."

"Well we wouldn't know, we felt no pain."

"Oh yeah the whole give up our souls thing. I forgot about that."

"You're beginning to forget about a lot of things."

"Well maybe I'm to busy concentrating on not dying. Well I suppose there's nothing I can do about it now. Oh well maybe they'd be better off without me."

"Humph it seems your own code goes against you."

"Excuse me?"

"The talk to Tidus of putting things behind him not thinking he's a failure, even to Seymour about believing in himself and you don't even bother to try and keep them up. Heh that's the second time he's saved your life."

"Huh? Second?"

"He 'saved' you from the 'fiend' at the docks by pulling you out the water."

"So that was him with his arms around my waist?"

"Yep."

Boo yah but Yuna never got that treatment. Score! I then started thinking yes ladies and gents thinking for once and got all serious again.

"But what have I done apart from reveal stuff and get in the way? Yuna will still defeat Sin without me that much I know, besides what good can you do when you're dead?"

"Oh you're not dead, who ever said you were dead?"

"Well it went all dark and Luca disappeared so I figured. Wait if I'm not dead where am I then?"

"You're in a limbo. Sort of in between living and dead."

"You mean like unsent?"

"Well normally yes, but in your case just like being unconscious."

"Oh cool."

"Oh one more thing." I thought he might do an Uncle of Jackie Chan and whack me on the head with two fingers but Bahamut just turned to walk away, "If we know that Yuna is going to defeat Sin permanently without your help, do you really think we'd bring you here?" I looked slightly puzzled. Isn't that why I was here? "Oh and one more thing." Bahamut repeated grinning and did the Uncle thing.

"Ow!" I exclaimed

"That's for putting ideas into my head."

"Owie." I complained rubbing my head when he'd gone.

I then saw that white light, you know the one Tidus sees when he has his weird dreams and next thing I knew I was back in Luca. Seymour was standing over me. I was startled at his sudden giant-ness but then realised I was lying down. I groaned and lay on my arms. Seymour was still looking serious. He offered me a hand up, which I declined and then I got up myself much to my disappointment. I'd actually quite enjoyed it in Limbo, well thinking about it, it probably would get a bit lonely and I see Mika way to often, once is enough for me thanks. Unfortunately I knew I would be seeing him a hell of a lot more. The first thing I registered was screaming. I then realised that the fiends hadn't gone, Seymour had been to busy saving me to summon Anima. Something then occurred to me. Why had he bothered to save me at all? Why hadn't he just left me to die? The Seymour in the game would have wouldn't he? Well the Seymour in all the other meanies who don't like Seymour in their fics would have done, but in real life, why had he done it? I then realised that I couldn't carry on wondering that now. Seymour looked to worn out and slightly intimidated by the fiends to do anything. It was up to me. Fat lot I could do I don't know any good spells a good black magic spell would finish them off. If only I had the spheres… I once again could have slapped myself at my absent mindedness. I, as quick as humanly possible rummaged around in my bag and found it. The cheat disc. Bahamut had said only use it in times of great need. Well I guess this was a good a time as any. I took the disc out of it's case. It was disc shaped naturally but had all these convex bumps on it. I looked at my Sphere Grid. It had a disc shape set in it. I quickly put it in, knowing the Lucans they wouldn't last very long. It would only go in one way but the bumps fitted into all the sphere nodes. I stepped up high on the balcony. I was ready. I put one hand up and the other down and turned simultaneously like the hands on a clock then put them together one on top of the other like I was folding my arms. That made me cast my spell.

(Play FFX Song of Prayer.)

"Ultima!"

The sky went black, well black with a mixture of purple the fiends all were surrounded in a greeny purple aura. There was noise and numerous explosions began to damage the fiends. In the end the amount of damage done was enough to kill all of them. Heck it isn't called the most powerful black magic spell for nowt. The darkness then faded. This would have been the bit where Seymour did his raising hands up in the air bit, but I just stood there as the Hymn ended.

(End Song of Prayer.)

People stared at me astonished. I seemed to be getting a lot of that, first they call me a prophet, next minute they don't expect a prophet to have cool powers. Well thinking about it I don't. Suddenly a wave of cheers ran throughout the stadium. Followed by chants of 'Lenne, Lenne!' (three guesses who got that started off.) Okay if you hadn't guessed it was the Big Cheese AKA Wakka as his hair's almost the same colour as Red Leister cheese. I could hear Tidus whistling. I just turned round and put the disc back in my bag. I then turned to Seymour he just looked solemn it was as if he didn't know what to say. Then I did a weird thing. I bowed to him. Not that corny Yevon bow but a normal one well my head more than anything.

"You saved them." I told him

"No I didn't." he retorted

"Yes you did." I didn't just mean that he would in the game, "You saved me, if you hadn't those people may not have stood a chance. You helped to save the lives of all those people, so I thank you on their behalf and." I paused, "I thank you even more for saving me too." There was an awkward silence where we both said nothing, Seymour just looked at me with his sad grey eyes. I then said something to break the silence.

"I would have done the same for you."

He then stared at me in a way I had never seen anyone look at me before. Then silence then resumed. He looked at me as if he didn't want me there anymore or so I thought. So I granted his 'request'. I began to walk down the steps.

"I'll see you around." Was all I said.

At the bottom of the steps I saw a stampede of Tidus and the Big Cheese charging towards me.

"Lenne!" Big Cheese called

"Big- err Wakka!" I replied

He seized me in a hug shouting 'We won! We won!' and spinning us both around while I just laughed. It was like Leia's and Luke's reunion after Luke had blown up the first Death Star.

"You were great with the fiends. Way to kick ass!" I heard Tidus among Big Cheese's shouts. He then eventually let me go. I then felt like a hugged a lot hugged thing. Ow Wakka can really hurt when he hugs. We continued to walk until we saw all the Aurochs. They were waiting for Wakka. They all seemed to pleased to see me.

"I can't believe we won Lenne!" Jessu exclaimed, "And it's all down to you."

"No it's not." I told him I feel like it's the millionth time I have said this, "Look it was all down to Wakka's coaching, Tidus' words of encouragement and you believing in yourselves. If I hadn't been here you would have won anyway. Go thank Tidus and Wakka they're the real ones who made you win."

"You're really leavin', Cap'n?" asked one of them
"Shouldn't you heal up first?" Datto implored
"Yuna needs me with her now. I can't be lying around in some bed." Wakka told them definitely
The Aurochs all hung their heads, sad
"Yeah, but..."
"Come on, look sharp!"
They all stood upright.
"The blitz season just started. Don't make those faces, ya?" He handed a statue to Datto "Well... See you, boys! You be good."
"Cap'n..." They all chorused non enthusiastically.
"I can't hear you!"
"Cap'n!" the all changed tone at once

Wakka walked off to join Lulu, Yuna and Kimarhi. I then saw Auron. It seemed like an eternity since I'd seen him last. He was standing his usual way, head to looking at the floor but his eyes erm eye watching everyone leaning against the wall. He then walked up to Tidus.

"Come with me." He ushered to him. I just watched the two begin to walk off. Auron then stopped

"You too." He didn't extend much courtesy either.

I followed them anyway. We went to another dock. I have a funny feeling it was where Mika was ordering the guards to put the fiends in the stadium. I had a funny feeling that almost made me want to puke that those guards wouldn't have lived past this experience. Knowing Mika he would want to keep the person who ordered the fiends be put in the stadium anonymous. When we stopped I guessed. This was where Tidus was going to have a go at Auron. I just stood there and watched.

"Hey you! Don't just stand there! All of this is your fault! Gettin' swallowed by Sin! Ending up here in Spira! Not being able to go back to Zanarkand--everything, everything! I'm telling you, it's all your fault." I just watched them both Tidus then caught my eye.
Auron just laughed. All was silent.

"Come on Rach he took you from Zanarkand too don't you have something to say."

"Yeah," I turned to Auron, "Thanks for waiting for me." Auron just nodded.

"Who are you, anyway? You knew my old man, didn't you?" Tidus asked Auron. I could tell he was getting confused.

"Yeah." Auron replied bluntly

"And you also knew Yuna's father?"

"That's correct."

"And you know Rach. Hey, man, no way! Hey man, there's no way. That's just impossible."

"I do not know Rachel as a close personal confidant, I was told to wait for her, and I did."

"But why her? How did you know it was her?"

"I had a feeling, I was also told that I might recognise her."

"Besides," It was my turn to talk, "Nothing impossible about Auron knowing both your dad and Yuna's." Tidus looked at me as if to say 'What? Don't you find this weird?' Well obviously of course I didn't. Even when I first played the game I guessed that there was a possibility Sin could be Jecht. I mean why else would Jecht and Bahamut appear in Tidus dreams? "Jecht, Braska, and him... Together they defeated Sin, ten years ago."

"Then I went to Zanarkand... where I watched over you. So that one day I could bring you to Spira." Auron finished

"Why did it have to be me?" Tidus asked stupidly

"Hey Tidus I'm the one who should be asking that. I mean it's obvious why Auron took you."

"Jecht asked me to." Auron said and I nodded

"Is he alive?"

"It depends on what you mean by "alive"." I said

"He is no longer human." Auron continued

"Okay this is freakin' me out, but then..."

"I felt something of Jecht there in that shell, couldn't you?"

"You must have felt him when you came in contact with Sin." It was my turn to finish the sentence.

"It can't be..." Tidus said in disbelief

"It is. As I said in Zanarkand Sin is Jecht." I put my hand on Tidus' shoulder.

"No! That's ridiculous! No way! I don't believe you! And how do you know anyway? It's not fair how come you let her know before me?"

"I don't know how she knows, I remember first hearing her in Zanarkand I wondered myself. I know perfectly well she isn't a prophet, it seems that she may be destined for a part in this pilgrimage after all. But it is the truth. You'll see for yourself. Come with me."

"If I say no?"

"Every story must have an ending." I explained

"I don't care about your stories!" Tidus exploded

"I see. Sorry you feel that way. Fine, then. Come or don't come. It's your decision." Auron told him
Tidus then sighed.

"What am I supposed to say? You tell me it's my decision but I don't have a choice, do I? I have to go with you! I have to! You and Rach are the only ones who can tell me what's going on anyway!"
Tidus crouched on the floor, visibly upset

"Irritating, I know. Or are you afraid?"
He walked over to Tidus, and placed a hand on his shoulder

"It's all right."

"Auron? Will I ever go home? Back to Zanarkand?"
As soon as Tidus said those words a had a funny feeling. I longed to go home. Not the home I'd known all my life not where I'd come from, but Zanarkand. In a part of me deep down in my heart I felt it. I closed my eyes and saw all of it. I knew it, the walkways, the machina, the bright lights, even some of the people… I shook my head. I'd only ever been to Zanarkand once. I'd only ever get to see it twice. The second time would be it's ruins. A city lost for a thousand years. I'd seen it on the game but that moment standing there. I was denying it in my head. I came out embedded in my thoughts when I realised Tidus and Auron were standing staring at me. They'd been standing in front of me, but I just seemed to be looking dumbly out towards nothing.

"That's up to Jecht." Auron said. "Tidus could you wait for us over there." Auron very seriously to serious for my taste then turned to me. "I know why I waited for you. I didn't tell Tidus this but, I recognised you." I stared at him confused, he continued, "In Zanarkand before Braska,Jecht and I completed the pilgrimage we found a sphere. There was a woman on it, it looked like you. I know all of Tidus' story, but yours is a mystery to me."

"Perhaps with your presence or as this pilgrimage goes on the mysteries surrounding my presence will be revealed. To be honest I don't even know what I'm doing here now."
Auron nodded as if he understood. He then walked back to the now looking rather bored Tidus.

"I'm going to offer my services to Yuna. Come."
And obediently we all followed

Auron and Tidus then made their way to join the others. Jessu and a few of the rest of the Aurochs then stopped me.

"Hey Lenne." There's going to be a party in Luca tonight to celebrate the Blitzball teams victory. There's also another reason too your victory over the fiends."

"I suppose I am not requested to be there by Maester Mika." I replied remembering Mika's reaction to his plan about to be foiled.

"No Maester Mika has had no say. Prophet or not Rachel today you're becoming a local celebrity."

I heard Tidus and Yuna 'laughing' in the background.

"Well let's just hope it blows over by tomorrow. I don't want to be hailed as a great prophet my whole time here."

"So are you coming."

"I s'pose we'll have to discuss it with the Cap'n." Keppa pointed out.

"I'm flexible I'm not a guardian or anything, but it would be best to tell them." I said. So that's what we did.

"Hey guys." I said, "Erm well."

"Hey," Tidus chuckled, "You giving the kind of expression like there's gonna be a party tonight and you don't know whether you're gonna be allowed to go."

"Are you sure you can't read minds as well Tidus?" I asked him grinning, then I realised something.

Nah Tidus isn't smart enough for that. Lol.

Tidus suddenly looked crestfallen,

"But the pilgrimage, you said you'd stick around!"

"I will it'll only be for one night. Besides, I'll meet you at the other side of the Mi'ihen Highroad with Seymour."

"Yeah Seymour sure everything's really fine and dandy with him (!) Stupid guy letting the fiends in." Tidus grumbled

"Hey you'd rather I don't come along? I'm not a guardian you know I don't have to come along.."

"But you are anyway?" Yuna asked

"Hell yeah I wouldn't miss this pilgrimage for the world."

"Does that mean you think I can defeat Sin?"

"One hundred percent." God being nice to Yuna felt weird

"Come Cap'n." Jessu pleaded Wakka, "Everyone's requesting that she come, I mean with her being a prophet and defeating the fiends."

"Wadda ya say?" Datto asked.

For once Big Cheese sounded like he was actually thinking. Okay has hell frozen over or something because I certainly haven't been told. He then sighed.

"I suppose so ya. Wadda you guys think?"

"I don't really think she should, but I suppose for one night." Lulu agreed, "She's right she isn't a guardian, but she wants to come along and help anyway, that in itself is admirable."

"If it is alright with Yuna." Auron just put in.

"Kimarhi think Rachel is nice person, Kimarhi don't think Rachel will break her promise."

Everyone then looked astonished even me. Kimarhi had spoken early.

"Well even without the escort of Maester Seymour will you still follow?" Yuna asked

"Excuse me FYI have you been listening to anything I've said?" I replied

Tidus still looked as if he was in a bit of a mard. I took one of my earrings out and gave it too him.

"Look I'll be wanting that back ya hear so no keepsies."

Tidus then grinned. Well I suppose it did look odd with a girl with one earring in, but I don't know if that's why he was smiling.

"Come on then you two party time!" I turned to Jessu and Datto.

"See you on the Highroad." Lulu said smiling at me.

"And she isn't a prophet!" Wakka called out. Hey since when did the Big Cheese believe me about that anyway?

Me Jessu and Datto soon joined the other Aurochs back down in the square.

"We got the OK from the Cap'n." Jessu smiled.

The Aurochs all cheered and lead me to where the party would be held.

"Partytime!" The Aurochs shouted in unison.

"Party! Party! Party!" Oh God I was quoting Brother what next?

AN: Oh well now that I'm all better and not dying I can do a proper AN. Well I emailed all I could review wise but for those who are anonymous or don't display their email here we are.

Review Corner

Wolf Girl: Of course I forgive you honey, well reviewing the fic is a reason enough

Revayie: (hope I spelt that right.) I don't know how the hell I got you to like Seymour and I take it you didn't like him before. Hopefully soon you'll be loving him as much as me and Wind Siren. Mwahaha :)

Shadowkiller27: Well I was dying what did you expect?

Sandstone: Well reasons Mika did it. 1 Cos he's an asshole. 2 I don't like him. 3 If it wasn't Seymour then who else would be a likely candidate? Oh and as to how he did it. That's the reason there were so many guards when I came to try and stop him.

I LOVE Cheesecake: Well as you can see I have updated. Thinking about it you still needed to read chapter 10 at this point in time so you should get to it if you wanna find out what happens. (if you are reading this now which means you have read YAY and good on you. 'Thank you for making a simple writer very happy.' Lol quote from Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy there with a few changes of course.)

BraceyFaceAnimeGurlAKALenne: I know I love my fic. I'm so glad that everyone is reviewing especially that everyone likes it so much. You make me feel really nice. Seriously! I love you all

I just felt like putting a review for an odd reason, I was feeling a bit random at the time I guess. Either that or I was just bored. Hey it could inspire others to review but the main reason I did it was I was bored I spose

I know this maybe a short chappie but I bet you couldn't wait any longer to find out if I survived. Plus I think I may be getting writers block. NOOOOOO! (Bashes head on the wall.) Hey partying till all hours takes a lot out of you. Er I think. I haven't actually got to the party yet. At the minute I am waiting for the Aurochs to eventually come and call for me. I guess they can't decide what to wear lol.
Oh well review please.
Lenne
PS: So long and thanks for all the fish