Disclaimer: I DO NOT own any of the Final Fantasy X/X-2 Characters at all and any of the places or games. I only own my OC, Danaya and any other OC's I make up along the way. The following people own their OC's as well.
Memories of the Forgotten Guardian - Analise
Animerain14 - Sargent
Roseria Sylvester - Iyana
K Entertainment - Xanxus
Amylou11987 - Anastasia (Introduced later on)
"Hi there!" - Talking
*Ugh, why?* - Thinking
"Dude, what the hell?" - Al Bhed or visions
Danaya's POV:
"Danaya! Iyana! Hello! What are you girls doing here?" Uncle asked as he squeezed the both of us tightly.
I struggled to answer, "Tra-travelling." Uncle let us go and I took a look at him. He still had his blonde Mohawk and strange sense of fashion.
Iyana smirked. "When are you going to find a wife, Uncle? It's been forever!" Analise giggled and everyone walked ahead into the Travel Agency. Uncle pouted childishly to Iyana and shook his head. Oh yeah, did you know Uncle always liked Mom? Weird. He vowed to watch over Mom and never marry.
"You know I can't, niece. Oh. I need to leave. I've been thinking about recruiting some Hypello for the Celsius that lurk around the forest. Bye for now!" Uncle exclaimed as he ran off to the forest. Iyana sighed and shook her head.
"Hoo boy, Uncle never changes, does he?" Iyana wondered as she rubbed her bare shoulders. I rubbed mine too and nodded in agreement as we walked inside the Travel Agency. I greeted the Al Bhed running the shop and also, O'aka XXIV. O'aka is a really kind man who would sell us items for cheap.
Sargent was sitting down one of the chairs with Xanxus sitting next to him. I noticed that Analise had colored her hair again; this time the color being light brown. "So…" Analise started. "Where to? It's not like we can go somewhere else." Everyone shrugged, then all eyes seemed to go to me.
"What?" I questioned as I looked around at everyone. Xanxus chuckled.
"You're the leader, right? Well, where to?" Xanxus asked me. I shrugged as well and busted out laughing. I turned to Vidina and saw him sitting quietly on the floor.
"Viddie?" I called out. "You okay?" Vidina's eyebrows furrowed into confusion and shrugged. I kneeled next to him and used my sword to balance myself. "Hey…" I whispered.
"I feel like something's not right." Vidina mumbled.
Iyana questioned, "What's not right?" I stared at Vidina worriedly. Everyone had a few moments of silence and soon enough, I could feel it too. Something in the air wasn't right.
"Danaya…" Analise whispered cautiously. "Do you feel that?" I nodded. The atmosphere in the air was just so…so thick! Just as I was about to say something, I jumped up and dropped my sword in the process. Something was grabbing my neck, choking me as hard as it could. I wrapped my arms around the force, trying to pry it away from my neck. Everyone yelled my name as I could feel my body being dragged away. I couldn't speak and I could barely breathe. Goosebumps started to form on my arms as I was dragged outside of the Travel Agency. I could barely hear everyone run after me. I struggled in the air, fighting the invisible force. *Help! Someone!* Finally, for what seemed like forever, the force let go of my neck. I gasped for some air, but unfortunately, that was the least of my worries.
I shrieked at the top of my lungs as my whole body was thrown over the edge of the deep hole with Macalania Temple in it. Unfortunately, I landed on a piece of debris. "Owwwww…." I groaned as I slowly got up. I picked up my necklace from the ground and put it back on. *It probably came loose when I fell*
"Danaya! We're coming! Just…whoa! Just hold on!" I heard Iyana shout frantically. I looked up and saw the group on some sort of hover, slowly descending down to where I was. Analise, with her precise skills as usual, threw me my sword and I caught it with ease, almost dropping it from the force Analise threw it with.
I heard Vidina curse, "Can't this thing go any fucking faster?" I turned around and found myself face to face with the temple itself. Being traditional, I did the prayer and decided to walk inside. "Danaya! Hey, wait for us, ya!" I heard Vidina yell as I walked inside the temple. I subconsciously rubbed my neck, trying to soothe the pain. *Ow! What was that thing?* Inside the temple was nothing but silence. The Hymn of the Fayth was still playing, but for some reason, it played slower than usual. I looked at the stairs that led to the Cloister of Trials hesitantly. Something, something wanted me to go in there. I shook my head and turned back around. *No, I should really wait for the ot-* my thoughts were disrupted as the invisible force pulled me again, this time towards the Cloister of Trials.
"No! Let go!" I commanded as I couldn't do anything but use one hand to hold my sword and one hand to try to grab onto something. I managed to grab onto the top step of the stairs with my one hand, but my grip was too weak as the force pulled me all the way into the Chamber of the Fayth. I landed on the ground on my stomach with an 'oof.' I got up slowly, my free hand rubbing the top of my head. I dusted my skirt off and turned around to face the Fayth room. "Man, what the heck was….that…thing…." I staggered back as my head raised up, looking at what was in front of me. "Oh Yevon." I gasped as a hand flew to my mouth. Shiva, one of the other aeons, was standing beautifully in her form. However, something was a bit off on her. She had demonic-like wings, black beady eyes, and razor sharp teeth. Shiva was surrounded by a red aura as she looked menacingly at me. The strange symbol was all around her body. My sword dropped and I quickly bent down to pick it up, but I also caught sight of something else. Red hair. My facial expression changed to one of fear as behind Shiva, I saw Wakka laying down unconscious. I could tell he was barely breathing by his many bruises and injuries.
"Wakka…" I mumbled. Just as I said that, Shiva's eyes had widened even more as she rushed towards me. *She's quick!* I tried to make my way towards Wakka, but Shiva grabbed me by my foot and threw me across the room. "Ah!" I shrieked as my back hit the wall.
"Danaya! –gasp- Oh my…" Analise exclaimed as I heard them come in the room. I reacted quickly, springing up to my feet and casting Haste on all of us.
"Hurry! We have to save Wakka! Everyone stay close to him!" I commanded as I grabbed my sword and ran towards Shiva. "Haaaaah!" I shouted as I struck her. With Haste, I felt more lightweight and speedy. However, I was not quick enough, for Shiva just shoved me back with a Blizzard spell. I staggered back and landed on my butt. We all tried to work together, with Sargent shooting from afar and Xanxus running to different areas of the room, hitting Shiva in different places as a result. I started to run over to Wakka, looking at the others while doing it. Iyana was pounding away at Shiva with her wrench with her agility, and I saw Analise quickly change her club into a whip as Shiva flapped her wings to make herself fly into the air.
As I ran to Wakka, I quickly worked to try to make him conscious again. "Wakka. Wakka. It's me, Danaya!" I called out as I placed my hands on his chest, casting Cura and Life over and over again.
"Danaya! Watch it!" I heard Xanxus shout as he tackled me to the ground, saving me from almost getting pummeled by diamonds from Shiva's Heavenly Strike. Xanxus quickly let go of me as I ran towards Wakka, struggling to carry him to a nearby corner. Xanxus ran over to me and helped me place Wakka somewhere where he wouldn't get hurt. I grabbed my sword from the ground and called Vidina's name. He fiercely looked at me and nodded as he dropped into his position, ready to give me a boost up. I ran towards Vidina with full speed and jumped up, letting my feet tap the palms of his hands as I jumped up high.
"Hah! Energy Rain!" I called out as my sword gathered huge amounts of energy and as I started to fall, balls of energy shot towards the flying Shiva. She shrieked and flew back from the force, but quickly recovered and retaliated with destroying a huge ice block, with shards of ice flying at me as I fell. Vidina caught me, but one of the ice shards got to me and pierced my right leg. I quickly pulled it out and cast Cure on myself, then looked towards Sargent and Xanxus, who were shooting with regular bullets.
"Why aren't you hitting with thunder bullets?" I shouted over to them.
Sargent grunted, "Because of you!" I took in a deep breath and shook my head.
"Go! I'll be fine! Just do it!" I shouted as Vidina started it off, casting heaps of Thundaga spells. I looked down at the ground, flinching every time I heard the sound of thunder.
I heard Iyana shout out, "Electrical Voltage!" as the shrieks of Shiva were heard. *Okay, it's okay. I'm going to be okay. It's just thunder. Don't worry about it* I tried to take a step to attack Shiva, but I was frozen in place. *Come on feet! Move!* but my feet wouldn't budge one bit. I felt someone place both hands on my shoulders and I looked up. It was Analise.
"You'll be all right." Analise whispered. "Come on, let's do this." I nodded and lifted my sword up, but staggered back as I saw Shiva preparing her overdrive. Analise turned around, seeing my wide eyes, and gasped. "No…" she whispered. I was about to move in to strike her, but it was too late. She started her overdrive by covering us with a layer of ice. Nobody was able to move. I tried to break free, but failed continuously. I braced myself for the attack and the sound of Shiva's snap made me feel as fearful as ever. Everything seemed to flash white as the ice was destroyed. I could just feel the ice shards piercing my leg, blood dripping down my legs and arms.
"Naya…" Iyana whispered weakly as she was struggling to get up beside me. "Look." Iyana pointed towards Shiva on the ground and I saw Analise already fighting her. *W-….what? How did Analise avoid the overdrive?* I looked at Shiva again and noticed one of her wings damaged and limp. I smiled weakly as I got up, seeing the others injured as well. With the ice shards still in my arms and legs, I smirked and rested my sword on my shoulder.
"Guys?" I called to Sargent and Xanxus. "Ready for the final blow?" On the word blow, my voice had cracked due to my injuries. Sargent and Xanxus looked at me with smirks, despite their injuries being as worse as mine. I started to walk, my legs almost collapsing on me. *Oh no you don't. We're going to finish this!* I threw a Mega-Potion into the air, the contents sprinkling onto all of us. Iyana managed to throw a grenade to distract Shiva away from Analise. The grenade exploded, but Shiva was not damaged at all. I growled as Analise was sent back by Shiva's Blizzara. "Iyana! Take care of her! Vidina, help Sargent and Xanxus charge up their bullets!" I commanded as I smirked. "Sarge, X! Let's do this!" I shouted as I started to charge my sword with Thunder. Hearing the crackling of the thunder never made me feel so safe in my life. As Sargent and Xanxus kept shooting Thunder bullets at Shiva, I charged towards the aeon with all my energy left.
"HAAAAAAHHHHHHH!" I shouted fiercely as I struck Shiva down with my sword. As I did that, a huge explosion seemed to erupt and everyone was blown back. A short vision entered my mind then.
I looked around and saw these…fiends running after someone, ignoring me like I was invisible. I ran and followed them, eventually seeing what they were chasing after. My parents and Wakka were running away, escaping wherever they were kidnapped to. I called after them, but they didn't hear me. Finally, I saw Dad pushing Wakka out a door and my parents faced the fiends. The only thing I could hear was Wakka pounding on the door, calling out my parents' names. *No…they can't…* My parents started fighting off the fiends by themselves, Dad with his sword and Mom with her pistols. I shook my head, tears freely falling everywhere.
I gasped and sat upright, feeling the pain in all areas of my body. I clutched my head and looked around, seeing everybody unconscious. I widened my head and shook my head. *No, they're all alive…right?* I hurriedly got up, despite the pain, and checked everyone for their pulse. Thankfully, everybody was still alive, even Wakka. I grabbed my sword and looked at my reflection. *No. my parents aren't dead. They made it. They killed all those fiends. I'm sure of it* But no matter what I thought, there was still that small drop of doubt hidden in the back of my head that maybe my parents really were dead. I shook those thoughts away and turned my head towards Xanxus and Sargent, who were the first ones to gain back their consciousness. "Guys…" I whispered as my head ached. "Go get Analise and Iyana to wake up. Here." I weakly threw two Hi-Potions at each guy as I limped to Vidina, who was slowly starting to wake up.
"Argh…what happened?" Vidina asked as he picked up his staff. I handed him a Hi-Potion.
"We defeated Shiva. That's what." I answered as I helped Vidina up with as much strength as I could. I tried drinking a Hi-Potion to cure it, but my injuries continued to hurt and throb. I turned to the others, seeing Analise and Iyana okay from the damage. "Come on. Let's get out of here." I muttered as Vidina and Xanxus helped to carry Wakka out. Analise noticed my condition and put my arm around her shoulders to support me. "I had another vision." I quietly told the others. "I'll –cough- I'll tell you guys about it later. Iyana, contact Pello and tell him to get his ass over here. We're going to Home." Iyana nodded in agreement, but everyone seemed to notice a sudden change in me.
"Danaya?" Sargent called out to me in an uncertain tone. "Are you…?"
"I'm fine." I groaned and clutched my right leg. "Just hurt." Thankfully, just as we got out of the temple, Pello already landed the airship at the bottom of the hole. I turned to Wakka with sad eyes, seeing him all beat up and injured. "Wakka…" I muttered as everybody got into the airship. I looked back at the temple and sighed before going inside the airship.