'Kyyt lyhrurk, somdylih! Dnum um ayoh xagiob sacc!'

Remora groaned as the bell and Al Bhed voice ran through her room, waking her up. She didn't exactly know if everyone was waiting on her or not. When she had encountered Jeckt two hours ago, she had zoned off again after reading the letter. She sat up and brushed her slightly damp hair out of her face, realizing she was sweating while she was last asleep. Fixing her hair, she continued to wonder what her dream that night was all about. Certainly not a coincidence; at least that's what she thought. She had to admit, she thought Seymour was just a regular yet important person to Spira as much as she was, but after the dream, some hidden soft spots were exposed to her.

Will this...happen in the future? She didn't know what to think then, as it was one of the hundreds of questions she decided to ask herself. But it was obviously personal, so she wouldn't ask anyone else. Setting it aside for the day, she continued to prepare herself for the rest of her journey.

Remora stepped through the patterned doors to find Auron standing at her side once she was outside. He stared out into the pastured and ocean at first, but then his head slowly turned, his eyes showing no emotion as they stared right through hers, as though he was trying to read her mind, which almost made Remora shiver.

"So...he was here."

"He?"

"...Jeckt."

The sound of the name made Remora huff a bit. "...Yes, he was here..."

Even Auron understood Remora's scorn. "He is a mystery sometimes. I don't really know if he's an enemy or a friend."

Remora had gulped. She wondered if telling him about the time she saw him on Earth would make him more worried or just talk more about him. Auron turned his head to face hers, seeing that she was a little pale.

"Jeckt…He was on Earth at one time too."

Auron's eyes widened for a second from hearing her statement.

"It was two days ago before I got here. I was at the library trying to look at more stuff about Spira, if they had anything. They did, and one of the books came with this charm." Remora pulled her Yevon charm necklace from out of her dress to show it to the suspicious cloaked schemer. "I think there's something about it that not even I know about, but it's helped me a bit, I think. A moment later was when I saw Jeckt; he said he was trying to warn me not to meddle with other worlds, better yet, his 'hometown'. Yet, I'm not sure if I listened or not. Your voice guided me here in the first place. I'm glad I'm here, but yet I still continue to wonder if I should have stayed."

Auron was silent and Remora could nearly hear him breathing. Remora turned to look at his face, and his was filled with determination.

"So…the first time that you saw Jeckt…was in your own hometown."

Remora nodded slowly, clueless of what he might say or do next. So far, she and him were the only ones that actually talked about Jeckt (and Fang too, but she's not here…), and she wondered if the convos about him were to be kept to themselves. Auron had tilted Remora's chin up with two fingers, and stared daggers through her eyes; it nearly frightened her.

"Listen to me and listen well. No one, I mean no one, can find out that Jeckt has been on Earth. If someone else finds out, who knows what they'll try to do in order to get to you. They would kill in order to find out where you're really from. I would know."

"But…I'm just a girl. How many people in Spira are trying to find out my personal information?!"

"As many as there are suspicions roaming about if you're really promising peace to Spira or not."

Remora's eyes widened a bit. "But...what- some people still don't trust me?"

"Everybody's not trusted by somebody. But in this case, unfortunately, no, you're still in probation."

Auron's finger left Remora's chin, leaving Remora in a bit of a questioned state. She could hear a bit of chatter inside, guessing everyone was ready to depart.

"Let's head inside. They're waiting." Auron stated as he went on ahead back inside the agency. Remora followed him quietly from behind. As they stepped in, everyone else was in different corners of the room. Remora noticed there were a few other strangers inside too. One of them, a tannish looking man with strong blonde hair, had stepped up to her smiling confidently.

"An, xicsyli dy Spira!"

Remora blinked. "Excuse me?" The man had given a look as though he just woken up startled and chuckled a bit.

"Ah, pardon me, but my Al Bhed slips out from time to time."

"It's alright."

"But anyway, what I said was 'Welcome to Spira'. I have heard of your arrival some time ago."

"Oh, thank you. I'm Remora; a new summoner here, to protect Spira."

"My name is Rin, I'm the manager of all of the Al Bhed travel agencies. It's a pleasure to meet you."

"Nice to meet you too. Umm...how many agencies are there in Spira."

"Ah, tons, my dear! But considering most of them will be run by Al Bhed employees, I think this will be of great use to you."

Rin turned to take a book facing back off of a nearby table. Brushing off the cover, thought it barely had any dust on it, he handed it to Remora. Taking it, she saw it was Volume II of the Al Bhed Primers.

"Thank you." Remora grinned. She flipped the pages, past the introduction, to find her next letter.

B -- P

"I consider you already know the first letter?" Rin asked. Remora nodded and put the book in her bag.

"I wish you luck on your travels." Rin then stated, doing the prayer routine towards her. Remora was about to do the same right back at him, but he heard a few strange noises from the back, possibly behind the agency, and then a scream.

"Someone help! The chocobos!"

Remora and the others immediately stared at the front door from where the frantic voice came. The others ran outside, but Remora got delayed a little from Rin.

"Take this with you. There is a ferocious fiend out there." Rin handed Remora a bottle, and the liquid inside was green instead of blue, a little different from the potions that she had received from O'aka, yet it'd probably be useful. Remora nodded and smiled back at Rin as she ran outside with the others. When she got out, they were all looking past her, but not inside of the agency, above it. She reached their distance and turned to look their direction, and in her shock, there was a giant fiend right on top of the agency, a kind of creature that she never saw before, yet it was quite a disgusting sight, and to add to the shock, there was a frightened chocobo in it's large clutches, desperate to escape. Everyone backed up a little, seeing that the fiend had noticed them in an instant, and jumped down to the ground, sending a shake through their feet. The group got in their defensive position as a brutal fight was likely to start.

"Everyone, be on your guard." Tidus had commanded, then the group and the fiend collided into battle.

The battle was a little edgy; literally edgy. From where the group fought, they'd be constantly pushed towards the edge of a cliff. Luckily, no one fell, and they managed to vanquish the beast. What really relieved Remora was that the chocobo was safe now. She then knew what it felt like to rescue the life of an endangered race; human or monster. The group walked along the path after being nearly attacked by many people that were cheery that the prowling chocobo eating fiend was now gone. From what they told the group, it was only a short distance to the southern gate towards what they called the 'Mushroom Rock Road'. They were right, the distance seemed short compared to how much they had to walk to get to the agency from Luca. They were following a little leafy pathway until they found an open area that lofts of people were hanging around, some even looked like guards. Once Remora took her first step, something had made her suddenly alert, as if something had just stung her mind trying to tell of something near. Remora looked around, and didn't see anything out of the ordinary, that was, until she saw this woman and an oddly dressed man talking to one of the guards. Something about her seemed eerie to Remora, yet she looked like she was in a bit of a fix as the group approached her. Tidus looked a bit surprised and bummed at the same time.

"Oh, it's her again."

"Again?" Remora questioned. The woman turned as if she were being spied on; although she was half right. Her face wasn't too happy either. She groaned.

"You all again." She stared back at everyone but then saw Remora. She blinked for a moment, then smirked.

"My name is Dona. I take it you're the new girl?"

Remora stuttered for a moment, but then regained herself. "Yes, I'm Remora."

"So I hear. I too am a summoner." Dona had mumbled something that Remora couldn't hear, probably wouldn't bother wanting to. "And this," Dona had stepped next to the large pale man. "is Barthello, my guardian."

"Not to interrupt or anything, but is there a problem here at the gate, ya?" Wakka asked suddenly.

Dona sighed slightly. "It's this new thing they're doing at the Rock Road called 'Operation Mi'ihen', and only officials and participants can go through. They won't let us pass."

"Oh really?" Tidus said, kind of slyly. Then he had ran off to where the guard stood, leaving the others with Dona.

"So, Remora. This Earth of yours, how did you get from there to all the way here?" Dona's lips stretched into a smirk of determination. All Remora did however was shrug. "You can tell me. We're both summoners, right? I'm excellent on keeping secrets."

"Sorry...but that's personal." Remora replied. Her eyes slid to the side to look at Auron, who was staring off somewhere else, seeming to be not into the conversation. She had figured more about what he told her back at the agency, she figured that he wanted her to be sure of his warning so that he didn't have to remind her again, and his current ignorance was one of his factors that he expected her not to share any of her info about anyone. It slightly frightened her. Dona rolled her eyes at her response, and then Tidus ran back to the group after a couple of minutes.

"It's true! They won't let anyone unauthorized pass the gate until the operation's over." He stated.

The group looked at each other as though there was a mystery on the case. Yuna had looked beyond the gate.

"Then...how do we get through?" She asked. There was a moment of silence, until a couple of footsteps were heard behind the group.

"Is there a problem?" That voice...Remora thought. Her heart suddenly raced as she and the others turned to find Seymour and two...Guado behind them. Remora tried exceedingly hard not to blush.

"Ah- Maester Seymour." Yuna said, surprised. Seymour glanced at the two young summoners, smiling as though he knew something deep about them.

"Can I be of any help to you all?"

Remora figured that she needed to speak. "This gate is off limits to anyone unauthorized. They won't let us pass."

Seymour 'hmm'ed for a moment, but then he faced his direction towards the guard. "Wait here." Then he and the two following Guado had moved towards the gate. Remora stared at Seymour walking off as one of her recent questions appeared in her head once more. Does Seymour...have feeling for me? Remora thought that she was thinking out loud for a moment, because Yuna glanced at her the moment the thought vanished.

"Did you say something?"

"Ah- No, I guess I was thinking out loud."

"Anything in particular?"

Remora wondered if she could trust Yuna enough to describe her dream to her, yet began to think how personal that may be as well.

"No...nothing important."

Seymour walked back with his two followers, a smirk on his face.

"You all can go through now. The Mushroom Rock Road is ahead this way."

"Thank you, Seymour." Remora said gratefully. The group walked on ahead, but Remora had stopped walking forward when she noticed that Seymour was staring at her as though he were trying to read what she was thinking.

"Yes?"

"You looked concerned about something."

"Well…"

"Anything I can help you with?"

Remora wouldn't dare to tell Seymour just yet about the dream that she had, figuring that it was too early. She was really hoping that she wasn't blushing, especially with how slightly light her skin was.

"It's personal. But…something is bothering me, and…I need to ask you something."

"Yes?" Seymour's eyes got just a bit bigger from what Remora could tell. She hoped that he wouldn't know what she was really talking about.

"Well…last night…I had this dream…and I was wondering…were you trying to give me a message?"

"What kind?"

"I'm not sure. This is all confusing me."

Seymour walked to her side until they were side by side. Remora didn't flinch.

"It'll all end soon. All you need to focus on is defeating Sin. We will talk later."

"When?" Remora actually wanted to talk to Seymour more about her role, so she was hoping soon.

"It will actually be quite soon actually. You see, the Mushroom Rock Road is going through a mission called 'Operation Mi'ihen'; and Maester Kinoc and I will be one of it's hosts. And we actually need you, Yuna, and your guardians help with this."

"What is the operation's purpose?"

"To attempt to break Sin apart, of course. It's rather risky, but with enough people, we might succeed. I will tell you more when you all arrive."

The Mushroom Rock Road wasn't exactly the most comfortable place to tread to Remora. There were a lot of fiends around, rock based or others that could turn you into rock. But they managed to get through. It seems everyone was right though; there were a lot of soldiers and gate keepers nearby, as well as captains from different armies; joining together she would guess.

"Hmm…that reminds me…where's Dona?"

"Back there I guess. We were the only people aloud to go through here." Tidus said, sounding a little amused. Some of the people around guided the group to the main site, and a lot of places were off limits. Remora saw that Lucil and Elma were on their way to the battleground too. A lot of warriors were. The group had arrived at the panel which rose them to the path of where most of the people got prepared. Remora could have sworn she saw this nasty creature being kept in a cage. Auron noticed her disgust and elaborated.

"Before you came with us, while we were traveling, we encountered some Sinspawn."

"Sinspawn?"

"Pieces of Sin scattered all over Spira." Auron pointed to the cage where the unusual beast was being kept. "And that's one of them in that cage."

"Are they just as bad as the whole thing?" Remora asked. Auron stayed quiet, so she figured that they were. Small pieces of a big problem all have the same quality.

The group stopped walking once they reached the resting areas where Maester Kinoc had stood. Remora guessed that he was waiting for them too. The whole place looked as though they were getting ready for a war.

"Welcome, all of you." Kinoc greeted. Remora turned to find Seymour already around yet his back was turned, watching the large dark sea in front of the battle ground with his Guado guardians side by side to him.

"So…this 'Operation Mi'ihen'…what part do we play in all this?" Remora asked curiously.

"Ah, Lady Remora, it's an pleasure to meet you again." Kinoc had bowed, but then he turned to the battleground and pointed towards the sea. "We're planning on attacking Sin, with all we've got. At least to weaken it. And with the you two summoners on our side, our luck will most likely double the chances of beating it."

"But...we can't beat Sin without the Final Summoning." Yuna replied.

"Indeed, yet like I said, we could possibly weaken it. That would buy Spira some time away from Sin's tragic ways." Kinoc paused for a moment, but then looked towards Auron with surprise. "Ah, Sir Auron. It's an honor to see you again." Auron said nothing, but his eyes did roll to the corners to look at Kinoc. "Tell me, what have you been doing for the last 10 years?"

Auron closed his eyes slowly. "Doing a favor.". Remora had a feeling she shouldn't be in the conversation between the two, so she turned to look back at the cage with the squirming sinspawn inside of it. She wondered truly how most of these men had the guts to even go near it. She then turned towards Seymour, when she then remembered that he said that they'd talk more once they both arrived. Walking over to him, he didn't turn until he heard his name called out.

"Seymour." Remora said, almost too quietly. His head turned to where their eyes met.

"I see you remembered what I had told you back at the highroad."

"Yes."

"Well, if you're still confused, I will tell you more."

It had only been a few minutes since Seymour gave a more decent explanation about Operation Mi'ihen to Remora. She was a little bit relieved that she and the other summoners weren't the only ones attempting to destroy the catastrophe they call Sin. It was nearly sunset and the waters of the sea were more rough than usual. It slightly reminded her of the sea waters that she saw in her dream of Zanarkand and it's blitzball tournament. She had done the prayer bow to Seymour before going back to where her guardians stood. She was going to say something to Yuna at first, but then someone at shouted; she was guessing in Al Bhed accent, because the voice was a little inarticulate.

"Sin!"

Everyone in the whole area had turned towards the sea. The person who shouted was right. There was an enormous figure in the water, with a very odd pattern spreading out towards the shore. Remora saw that a whole bunch of knights below them were already in their battle positions, and as Sin rose slowly out of the water, the captains that were one level above them had fired their cannons, constantly breaking off pieces of blubber off of the beast, if that's what it really was. Everyone in the mid level, including Remora, Yuna, and the guardians, had all got in an offense position, only to find that the Sinspawn in the cage was going slightly berserk. In a moment, it had actually broke free, aiming peril towards the group that faced it's agony. Remora slightly panicked as she saw it neared towards them, but seing that her guardians were around to stick up for each other, she then had a ray of hope.

Everyone was nearly beat from trying to rid the Sinspawn. Unfortunately, it still lived, but it seemed to be greatly weakened. She looked back at the sea to find that most of the people fighting back at Sin were losing miserably, and fatally. Some of them were being blown back by sudden rays spearing out at the pores. The horror of it all lasted in her sight for a moment, but then she heard a few booming noises nearing towards her from behind, and then a frantic voice.

"Remora, look out!"

It was Yuna's voice. Remora turned around to find that the Sinspawn was nearing towards her, a disgusting face was shown towards her, killing its intent, it's ordeal. It was hard enough to beat it as a team, and she felt helpless alone. The only thing behind her was the edge of the cliff she stood frantic on. The seas were at their worst, and so were the people fighting in it. She had figured the beast was an inch away from beating her off the land, but a moment had passed and something seemed to be stalling. She turned around, curious if the beast was distracted, clueless, or whatever else was possible. Instead, to her surprise, she saw Seymour, holding its destructive arm back away from her. She saw his face was filled with struggle and determination. Yuna must have been a target too, since she was on the other side of the Sinspawn. He glanced at her to see her amazement and ordered.

"Remora, Yuna, behind me!"

"Uh- Right…!" Yuna replied. Remora did the same, but they were actually side by side only a foot away from Seymour. So Remora figured it was up to the three of them to finish it off.

Despite that the monster was weakened, fighting the sinspawn with Seymour made it look so easy. The war below them had stalled for some reason, but most of the warriors stated that they were going to try and split Sin into two. Everyone and everything had settled down, but the tensions were still very high. Yuna, Remora, and Seymour gathered to the edge of the cliff to get a better look at what they were planning.

"They're going to try and wear Sin down with a beam." Seymour stated.

"What!? That won't work!" Yuna cried out. She suddenly seemed desperate, knowing that the people inside of the cannon control room were most likely putting their lives at risk. Remora beamed as she saw the sudden sparkle ray shoot straight out like a flash of lightning towards Sin, who had a barrier surrounding it. From what everyone saw, the barrier was looking to burst, being beat down by the massive blasting. Everyone gathered around the edges to get a better look. The more the barrier shrunk, the more anxious Yuna looked. Remora walked closer next to her to try and comfort her, but then something went wrong; excruciatingly wrong. The shield was to its last bit until a sudden piece of it expanded towards the land. Out of question, the barrier suddenly worked like a mirror, sending a beam back to the cannon, shooting right through it. There were a large amount of gasps as the whole contraption disintegrated into debris, into the raging waters. It looked as though Yuna's concern had no doubts, that there had been a table turner for everything. As everyone watched the destroyed machinery fall apart, they were unaware that Sin was about to do an all-out attack. The barrier had regained its size, but suddenly burst into a full circular ray of energy, blowing everything away, including the people on every levels of the valley, including Remora and the guardians. Everything that had went into plan had suddenly went into a deep failure.

A flash…

Remora…

Auron…Auron, is that you?

Yes…

Am I dead, or unconscious…?

Neither.

What just happened?

You were almost intoxicated. Jeckt almost absorbed you.

Wait…Jeckt? Jeckt wasn't here.

He was. In a different form.

What form?

Sin.

Sin?! What are you trying to say?

Sin is Jeckt. Jeckt is Sin.

That can't be!

…

Auron!?

But it is, whether we like it or not.

How do you know all of this!?

That's to be left unsaid.

Please. The truth! Where is Jeckt? What is he!?

Sin.