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FINAL FANTASY X: DEFINING MOMENTS
by Sartori

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CHAPTER 4 - ENOUGH

Rain began to fall across the land with renewed prodigality. It was an evilly bitter sort of irony. Yuna's death had signified this precipitation. The rain's profuse abundance continued to assail the plains of the Calm lands. It seemed to communicate the mood clearly. However trite and fortuitous the climate seemed, it was an accurate descriptor of the coming events.

Battles were still being fought, despite the inclement weather. Auron's sword ripped into numerous Sinspawn, tearing them asunder with no hope for any chance of cessation. The slick rain covered his soiled blade, and aided to its swiftness and proficiency. Only a few steps away, Rikku pounded away at one beast with modest force, but her attempts were to no avail. Sensing weakness, it tore at her with a blinding fury. Wakka was at her side in an instant, knocking the wretched fiend into the Scar of the Calm lands. Now, its horrid shrieks could only be heard by whatever lay in wait within the Scar's abyss of infamy. All of Yuna's guardians were preoccupied with their own personal battles, absolutely unaware of the summoning and its consequences.

The only one to witness Yuna's death was Tidal. Being inside this purple womb of defense had shielded the others' eyes from viewing this funereal abasement. His expression had remained as icy as it had been before. Tidal had assimilated the pyrefly quickly. Without an ounce of sorrow or regret, he looked down at the corpse.

Yuna's body was uncomfortably arranged at the bottom Tidal's self-made encasement. Her neck formed a newly fabricated grimace that seemed to mock these ghastly events with its counterfeit cheerfulness. The flow of blood had ceased, but Yuna's beauty had not. The wrong that had been wrought upon her frail frame had done nothing to the exquisite symmetry of her face. Her beautiful eyes were fixed onto an invisible subject, dilated from her unnatural expiration; her hair fell from side to side with Tidal's hovering movements, just as it had when she had lived. And finally, Tidus' necklace still hung heavily around her chest. It was funny how beauty seemed to find Yuna, even in death.

Tidal grabbed her lifeless vessel by the shoulders. With one slight movement, he tossed her through his orb of protection. Her body flew into the chasm below, disappearing into the darkness forever. The Scar had received yet another summoner for this cause of futility.

Tidal looked up at Sin's massive bulk. The incarnation shifted its substantial weight from side to side, while its multifarious eyes perused its surroundings for any whisper of retaliation. In response, Tidal extended his arms out through his liquid shell and flew for Sin. Sin replied with rockets of blue fire, which Tidal gladly accepted. Their energy shook Tidal, but only caused a slight ripple to appear throughout his sphere of protection.

Tidal's cold stare was fixed on his objective, Sin. Getting closer by each mounting second, the orb's crash course was set.

As Tidal collided with Sin's body, floodlights burst from their point of collision. An explosive shockwave of light and energy emanated from the point and shook the whole land with its unparalleled force. Cliffs shuddered from the intensity of the waves and loosed boulders from their previous escarpments.

Immediately, Yuna's remaining guardians ran for cover, forsaking their battle with the dwindling Sinspawn. Getting as far away as possible from the pulsing explosion was their only goal now.

Tidus and Yuna were gone now; their quest ending as abruptly as it had begun.

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End of Chapter 4

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