A/N: HELLO EVERYONE! I finally uploaded another chapter hehe ^^ This chapter...isn't all that great BUT hopefully it keeps your guys interest peaked. I'm currently working on the next chapter because we all know whats going to happen next ;D Thank you Funsized-killjoy, Eidolon02, and The Sword of Salvation. Sorry if this chapter seems kind of boring but I tried to make it seem interesting haha. Hopefully you guys keep on reading my story till the very end. Keep the reviews coming and spread the word about my story. Would love to have new readers read as well. ^^ Thank you very much.
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"Ah, the son of Jecht." Seymour said in realization with that smug smirk still plastered on his face.
"Rikku, run ahead and tell Auron!" Tidus commanded getting ready to engage.
"You are not fighting him alone!" Rikku stood looking back and forth between Seymour and Tidus
"He wont be alone!" I yelled out running to stand in front of Rikku, sword drawn ready to attack.
"He's got us, you just run ahead!" Jin said running to stand next to Tidus with his brother trailing behind.
"Just go! Go!" Tidus urged as Rikku finally nodded and ran back to where I guessed Auron and everyone else wondered off to.
I heard Seymour let out a small chuckle and shake his head in disappointment.
"Now is your time to die. Prepare yourself, son of Jecht." Seymour said menacingly, taking steps toward Tidus.
"Not if I can help it!" Tidus said taking a defensive step back.
I stood my ground next to Tidus as I glared at Seymour when from behind I heard the crunching of snow.
"Save some for Kimahri!"
I looked behind and saw Yuna and her guardians run forward to stand next to us with their weapons drawn. I looked to the place where Kenta, Jin and I came from and took note that Celia had taken cover by some fallen rocks.
"Lady Yuna, it is a pleasure." Seymour stated.
"Yuna!" Lulu said glancing toward the young summoner next to her.
As Yuna started to perform the motions for the sending I saw Seymour shake his head with the smile still playing on his lips.
"A sending, so soon? Allow me to say something to the last Ronso before I leave." I heard him chuckle wickedly. "Yours was...truly a gallant race. They threw themselves at me to bar my path." One...after another." Seymour said lightly holding up each hand one at a time still chuckling wickedly.
'He didn't...' I thought gritting my teeth together.
"No..." Kimahri said not wanting to believe it.
"Kimahri...' Yuna let out sadly.
"You bastard!" I roared gripping tight to my sword.
"Ah ah...watch your words Lady Yue...for someone such as yourself." His smile never ceasing. "What would your mother think of you using that kind of language." He then went back to staring at Yuna. "You could end the suffering of this poor Ronso."
"I don't understand you!" She said exasperated.
Seymour had walked back to the ledge of the cliff.
"Allow Kimahri to die, and release him of his pain." He held his hand over the cliff. "Spira...is a land of suffering and sorrow caught in a spiral of death." Bringing back his hand he looked down at the scene before him. "To destroy - - to heal - - Spira, I will become Sin." He turned around and smiled at us. "Yes, with your help. Come with me, Yuna." Still smiling he started advancing toward Yuna's direction.
To stop Seymour's advance Tidus stepped between them ready to attack if needed.
"Once I have become the next Sin, your father will be freed again." Seymour replied looking smug at Tidus.
Taken back by his words Tidus took a step back and suddenly burst out in frustration.
"Ugh! What do you know?" Tidus yelled out.
Tidus had ran forward in rage as a machine looking thing came up from behind Seymour.
"Pitiful mortal." Seymour said as Tidus was about to slash downward when suddenly Seymour was lifted into the air as the creature pulled his body toward, fuzing them together. "Your hope ends here. And your meaningless existence with it." Seymour yelled about ready to attack.
"Hey look what I found!" Rikku yelled.
I looked to the side and saw her holding a bottle in her hand.
"Elixir?" I questioned blocking a lance attack from the Flux.
"Hey, better then nothing right?" She smiled throwing a bomb at the Flux.
"Stand back!" I heard Yuna command.
We all took steps back as Yuna summoned one of her Aeons, cutting through the dark sky came Valfor. It flew up with a twist, as multiple energy beams showered down on the Seymour Flux. After the dust dispersed Seymour used multi-absorbtion and glared right at the aeon.
"Death awaits you." Seymour muttered icily.
With a flick of his wrist he had banished Valfor, dismissing it completely.
"What?" Yuna asked in shock and in her time of shock, Seymour took the opportunity and aimed an attack toward her.
"Look out!" Tidus yelled running to pus Yuna out of the way.
"Thank you..." Yuna muttered quickly recovering and stepping back to the sidelines. "I don't understand what just happened..." I heard Yuna mutter to herself.
"If he keeps going on like that then the best bet is to use the Aeons overdrive...one chance to attack..." I said looking at her and winking. "make it a powerful one."
I saw Yuna nod when we both saw the melee characters in the front get the blunt of the attack from Seymour Flux making Auron, Kimahri and Tidus fall to their knees.
I focused my energy to casting Curaga on the three wounded men.
I ran toward Auron and knelt besides him, helping him to his feet.
"Are you okay?" I asked worriedly.
Auron grunted in pain but still nodded his head.
"Hey watch it!" Wakka yelled getting my attention.
I looked up and got hit right through my left shoulder as I stood in front of Auron.
"Yue!" Auron yelled catching me from behind.
Suddenly the Flux started to shift as the swords on his back unsheathed itself. The arms reached back to grab hold of the double sword in each hand. The Flux lifted off, flipping in mid air.
"Watch out!" Tidus yelled going on to the defense as the Flux used Cross Cleave dealing a great amount of damage to all of us.
Auron still had his arm around me, his grip getting tighter.
"Here..." He bought his hand close to the wound on my shoulder and slowly I felt the skin come together and the blood becoming less. My vision started getting more clear and the strength I had return. I got up quickly with the help of Auron and again we were ready for battle.
"Why can't he just die..." I said slashing down full force.
"Yue! Somethings wrong!" Rikku started pulling me toward Lulu as Wakka went to block an on coming attack. "Every time I try to heal Lulu...she gets worse." She pouted.
I watched as Kenta and Jin had the same green tinge in them that Lulu had and with every potion or spell they would get weaker and weaker.
"Rikku give Lulu this," I took out a bottle of clear liquid from my pocket and placed it in her hand. "give this to her first and then you can heal her...I've gotta get to Kenta and Jin." I nodded to her and ran to the other two in need of help.
"Here guys...drink this." I handed them the same liquid I gave Rikku and once they took it, the green tinge disappeared and I caste Curaga on these two and Lulu.
"Finish it...I'm getting bored..."
I laughed a little and ran toward Lulu.
"Let's end this." I asked nodding to her.
She nodded back as she got ready to cast her own spell.
"I feel hurt you wouldn't include me..." Jin smirked standing next to me.
I nodded to both of them and as Tidus dealt another hard hitting blow us three unleashed each of our strongest Black Magic...killing Seymour and hopefully for the very last time.
It started to shake and explode from the inside out, it started disappearing in a puff of pyreflies leaving all of us completely exhausted...
I noticed Tidus kneeling at the very edge of the cliff huffing and puffing so I went over there to check him out.
"And stay up there!" He yelled.
"You okay?" I asked laying my hand upon his shoulder.
He nodded his head and we got back up to rejoin the others.
I nodded toward Kenta and Jin while Celia came out from her hiding place and took her place right behind us.
We all started off on our journey again but I took note that Yuna wasn't moving so I stood close to her and patted her shoulder making her look up to me but quickly avoided eye contact. I could see the stress in her eyes and she started to open and close her mouth...trying to figure out what to say.
"He will become Sin...with my help." She said straight forward earning her party to turn and face us.
"Lies. Forget them." Auron commanded looking back to us.
"If he becomes Sin, Sir Jecht will be saved." Yuna went on now staring straight to her guardians.
"We're leaving." Auron stated obviously trying to avoid where the conversation was going.
"You know something! Tell me!" She yelled, pleading to the older guardian...but when she knew she wasn't going to get any answer she went straight to Tidus and pleaded with her eyes. "Tell me." She commanded.
Tidus looked down, avoiding eye contact with the woman he cared about and guilt crossing his features.
"Sin's...my old man." He confessed straight out, worried on what Yuna would say.
"You hit your head?" Wakka asked straight away coming to stand right next to him.
"Sin is my old man. My old man became Sin! I don't know how or why he did it. I felt him, inside. And when I did, I knew it was true. My old man is Spira's suffering. Sorry." Tidus let it all out and still unable to look Yuna in the eyes. I could tell how much he's been holding this in...seeing the damage his own father would leave behind...the guilt he must have felt that it was HIS father causing Spira, and Yuna pain.
"Even...knowing that Sin is your father...Still, you know, I must..." Yuna stretched on with a little anger playing across her face with a little sadness.
"I know. Let's get him. I think my old man would want that." Tidus said nodding his head.
"You'd fight your own father?" Lulu asked a little shocked.
"Yeah. No problem there." Tidus said sarcasm dripping through each word.
"Uh...'Bout your old man...You sure this ain't some kinda bad toxin dream or something? Then, Chappu...I, uh...I think I'll just pretend I didn't hear nothing. I'm getting a little confused, ya? Why...Why'd all this have to happen?" Wakka asked sadly.
I shook my head and sighed, watching as everyone had a tough time taking the new information in. I looked to Kenta and Jin and noticed that they too had a bit of a trouble figuring all this out...not me though...and I'm sure Auron had already know from the very beginning.
"We'll learn when we arrive. Soon." Auron said breaking through the thoughts everyone was having.
We all were about to trudge along when lo and behold! Celia just had to decide to open her big trap.
"Wow...must be tough for you to know that your father is the reason for all of this." She said walking through Yuna's party and making her way forward. "I mean...if my father was the one who was causing Spira pain. Causing the death and destruction to everything he leaves behind...I'd feel like shit. I'd leave the party I'm with because I wouldn't be able to stand looking into the eyes of the people who's life my father ruined." She said and I could feel the smile playing off every word.
"Enough of this!" I said stepping forward and walking toward Celia. "It's not a time to be talking do you understand? Now...this has gone on long enough! This journey ends here..." I said glaring at her. "We could handle your insults to us but for me this is the last straw attacking Lady Yuna's party." I stepped up to her with at least an inch between us. "Your pilgrimage ends here...whether you decide to go on without us is your choice but as your guardian I'm leaving and accompanying Lady Yuna on her pilgrimage...what Kenta and Jin does is what they do." I glared down at her. "We are officially finished."
Celia continued to glare at me and then suddenly...she smiled which gave me the eerie feeling in the pits of my stomach. She reached behind my neck and tugged on it...she gave a irritated sigh. Then I heard a click which she pulled away and went over to Kenta then Jin and did the same thing.
"I'll continue this on my own," Celia said smiling at all three of us. I looked down noticing that our collars were still hung around our neck. I glared at her and motioned to the collar around our necks.
"Yes...I couldn't figure out how to take it off but the power is out of it. See?" She flipped her wrist like she did a while ago and instead of feeling immense pain...there was absolutely nothing. "You see? Nothing." Celia then summoned Valfor and got upon her back. "We will go our separate ways...Lady Yuna?" She smiled looking to her. "May the best Summoner win." With that said Valfor flew up with Celia on her back as they disappeared through the clouds.
"Like I said...you think you know her and then she does something COMPLETELY different." Jin said leaning against Kenta.
I looked to the both of them with a sad smile.
"So...would this be the last time we see each other? I mean I'm sure you guys want to go home now that there's nothing holding you here." I said.
"Are you kidding? We'll travel along with you." Kenta said smiling a sincere smile.
"Families gotta stick together right?" Jin said smiling his goofy smile.
I smiled up to both of them and turned back to Yuna and bowed followed by the two behind me.
"Lady Yuna...if you want, we would like to be your full time guardians and escort you to Zanarkand." I said still low to the ground.
"You...don't have to do that." She said nervously. "I would be honored if you guys travel with me as my guardians."
I looked up and saw her smiling at us and I couldn't help but smile back.
"Thank you Lady Yuna." I smiled but then a thought struck me. "Celia took my coat..." I sighed sadly and pinched the bridge of my nose.
"Lady Yue?" I looked to the person who called my name.
"Yuna?" I questioned walking up to her with Kenta and Jin following close behind.
As I got closer to Yuna her smile grew and when I was close enough she engulfed me into a hug. Stunned, I didn't register what to do at first but then I put my arms around her and embraced her in a loving way...like how a mother would to a child.
We stayed like that for a while and when we pulled apart we shared a smile.
"You ready to go?" I questioned looking down at her.
She nodded and looked back to everyone else.
"Everyone..." She smiled and walked forward. "let's get going."
As we walked back and turned the corner I noticed that Kenta was holding a conversation with Rikku as Jin seemed to be in a argument with Wakka.
'This is how a pilgrimage is supposed to be...' I smiled to myself. 'Full of laughs and not a care in the world.' I looked to Tidus who looked troubled so I walked faster to walk side by side with him.
"Tidus?" I questioned looking up to him. When I figured I got his attention I patted his arm in reassurance and smiled up to him. "Don't let Celia get to you...what she said isn't true and you shouldn't feel upset about Sin or anything...I know how you feel but you can't be upset about it. Just move on forward, the Jecht you knew will always be the Jecht you knew. But the Jecht you know as Sin...can never be the same old man you used to know. Just hold on to the memory you have of him, don't feel upset...don't feel like you could have changed anything. Believe me...it's no use beating yourself up over it."
I saw him shake his head and look on forward as a smile started playing at his lips.
"You're right..." He shook his head.
"If you need someone to talk to...you can always talk to me." I smiled as we turned a corner.
"I'll keep that in mind." He smiled as we turned another corner.
IMPORTANT QUESTION: SO I had asked friend of mines to make a story cover. I gave her my story to read since she too knows about Auron and she's a good drawer. But the problem is I don't know what it should look like. I was thinking it at least has to have Auron and Yue along with the title BUT I'm not sure what it should look like. Example should it be them holding each other? Or a wall between them while Auron's side has the farplane and Yue has Spira and they're touching the thing that is separating them? Something like that which I hope you guys understood haha. So I figured I'm uploading another chapter soon why not ask the readers. ^^ So please let me know because as soon as I know I can give her the go to draw it. Message me or review your idea and I'll pick the one I like or I may combine what I think would look great.
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Love bunches, Shay