Chapter Six: Yuna's Brother in-law
Lakki, with the help of Forest got onto the back of the beast Valefor, which cooed slowly as he pet the top of it with its' small fingers. The bird's eyes closed, focusing on the relaxation, and the young boy was simply amazed.
"Hey!" he said to Forest, who was just climbing on. "Hey, he likes me! He likes it when I do this!"
Forest giggled, covering her mouth politely to stifle. "That's good," she said. "Well, Valefor should know to go to Dead-Zanerkand. She has been there several times."
"Will he let me go back home to my Mommy and Daddy?"
"I don't think the dead can go back to Spira, once they come. They'll turn to Poltergeists if they stay too long."
Lakki turned his head only a little and gave her a puzzled look. "Pol-tre- guys?"
"Hee hee, no silly," she ruffled the top of his head with her hand, laughing. "It's called 'Poltergeist'. That means a monster that's dead but can hurt people alive."
"Oh."
When the two were securely one top of the Aeon, Valefor lifted its gigantic bat-like wings and raised them up and down, taking off into the air slowly but surely. Lakki, even thought the beating was loud and annoying, was amazed as he watched things get smaller and smaller on the land. But as for the crater that separated them from the city, it was larger than ever, and he noticed the crater completely surrounded the city like an island.
"It's strange," he heard Forest shout over the beating of the wings as Valefor took off. "Usually there's water in the craters. But nothing is there now."
"Maybe the king drank it all," Lakki suggested. Then he thought about asking another question. "Is he fat?"
"No!"
"Okay. Because Mommy tells me that Kings are always fat because they eat and drink a lot. Then she calls them 'pathetic slobs', and I don't know what that means."
Forest snorted, tightening her grip on Valefor's fur. "Well, our King is most certainly not a 'pathetic slob' and your Mother calls it. He is healthy and strong, and dreadfully handsome."
From the rest of the way, which was only a half hour or so, Lakki didn't talk to Forest. He had a feeling that he made her angry for calling the King a pathetic slob, whatever that was. It must have been an insult. She didn't talk, and he could feel a certain tension in the air. So, he just listened to Valefor's constant beating, which gave him a head ache, but then again there was nothing else to do.
Pretty soon Valefor starting to drop down in altitude and a sudden jerk downwards knocked Lakki off the constant trance he was in. He looked over around the bird's neck and saw the city closer than ever. There were thousands of pillars, dark and up like tall buildings with thousands of windows that lit up. There were long and winding roads full of crowds walking about, and a vehicle that he recognized as a car from the Al Bhed. It was stunning, and from the most far off distance was a large castle, the place they were heading to.
From outside the castle was a huge door, and soldiers were standing on guard at the front. Well, at least he thought they were guards. They stood tall and proud, but carried blitzballs in their hands and instead of wearing armor, wore simple clothes that looked like they were ready to play sports. And what other sport than blitzball if they have blitzballs in their hands?
The large area up at the front was wide and perfect for landing Valefor. The guards closed in on the bird as it gradually descended onto the ground, and finally it touched. Lakki was about to climb off, but Forest stopped him, and she stayed on. She stroked the red fur of the bird one last time before it disappeared into thin air, letting Lakki and her fall on the ground. She was braced however, and caught herself like she was used to it, but the poor boy didn't know what was going to happen and fell on his bottom.
"Hey!" He shouted, standing up and looking up at his friend. "Why didn't you tell me he was gonna go away?"
"Sorry," she said, kneeling down and giving him a hug. "My bad. Are you alright?"
"Yup! Is this where the King lives?"
"Forest."
The guards that were around them cleared when the deep voice was heard, and Forest stood up in a proper manner, and her hands were behind her back, and Lakki could see she was fiddling with her fingers nervously. Before her came a tall man with black hair, which was gradually turning gray, and one eye was closed. He stared down at Forest first, and then laid his eyes on Lakki. But unlike most people who looked down at the ground scared, the young boy laughed.
"Wow, you're the King?!" he said through giggles, pointing up at his face. "You didn't tell me he was old!"
"Lakki!" she scolded, slapping his face. "Don't say that to Sir Auron!"
Lakki held the spot where her hand hit, and could feel the pain throbbing. Little tears started to well up in his eyes, and like a baby he started to cry. Forest immediately regretted her actions and pulled him into a hug, trying to calm him down. She should never have hit a little boy, nevertheless one that was probably confused and scared.
"Shush, shush, it's alright," she whispered in his ear. "I'm sorry, I'm sorry."
Lakki let go, of her and smiled, still trying to wipe the tears away. Then he shouted, "Why did you hit me?! I was only telling the truth. Mommy said you should always tell the truth, and he's old. So I said it."
"Yes, telling the truth is good." She giggled, thinking now what he said was sort of funny. But she also had to remember manners, and the man was right behind them. "But remember, you also have to be nice. Even though you told the truth, it wasn't nice. Try and be nicer about his age next time, okay?'
"Okay!"
He turned around back around to the man who was much, much taller than him and smiled, unafraid at all. To Lakki's surprise, the man smiled back.
"You have quite a mouth," he said, in a deep and powerful tone. "But you don't look scared at all of what you said. You're a brave little guy."
"Thanks!"
The man stopped smiling the moment he stopped talking to Lakki, and looked at Forest, who was busy fiddling with her fingers again. "He's braver than you and my guards. At least he can look me in the eye."
"I'm sorry, Sir Auron," Forest apologized quickly, giving a small bow then looking him in the face. She seemed almost scared but either Auron took no notice of it, or he decided to ignore it.
"Forest, why are you here again?"
"I'm sorry for have not telling you earlier. This boy came across me near my house. He understands that he did die, but I don't think he has the whole picture!"
"Yeah I do!" Lakki interrupted. "You said I died! I came from the dead world to this world, and now I can't go back because I'm dead! See?'
"I see," Auron concluded after a moment of silence. "I'll take him in to see the King right away. I suppose he'll explain the story."
Auron turned around and walked off slowly, back to the doors followed by soldiers that went back to their posts. Lakki felt a tap on his shoulder and whirled around. Forest was standing there.
"Follow him," she commanded, pointing to Auron. "He'll take you to see the King."
"But what're you gonna do?"
"I'm coming too, don't worry." Lakki nodded, and followed Auron to the castle to meet the King.
"Let me ask again," Rhett said for the third time as the three walked to the path of Guadosalom. "Why do I have to carry the baby, if the baby doesn't belong to me?!"
"Because I said so," Rikku teased. She and Yuna giggled as they continued in their conversations with excitement. Rhett lagged behind a bit, carrying the sleeping Al Bhed Kaikou in his arms. He sighed, wondering how he had to put up with two women and baby at the same time. And what did he do? He just agreed to take one woman to some place he'd rather not go to because he wanted to go look for his old man. A low moan escaped him.
"Damn women and their manipulative crazy minds," he growled. But, he supposed he had to deal with the. He had no choice, now that he was this far into this mess. Not the time to back out now, he thought.
He heard a small cry and looked down. Kaikou was starting to stir a bit, moving around and kicking her little feet to try and get in a bigger spot.
Honestly, he thought. Not now. I don't feel like having you cry. Besides, Rikku will think I did something, and I can tell she's evil!
"Yeah, that's what your Mom is," he said to himself as he reached into the bag she had given him full of her daughter's things. He pulled out a baby bottle, and before Kaikou's cries could get louder he stuffed the bottle in her mouth. Her eyes were only a little open before, but as if it were something awful, her green eyes went wide open and she pushed it away, screaming as loud as she could. Little tears erupted as they uncontrollably spluttered down her face.
Rikku turned around the moment she heard her baby start crying, and rushed to her aid. She jerked Kaikou out of Rhett's arms and started cooing her and calming her down, but even her childish blabbing wasn't working.
"What the hell were you doing to make her cry like that?!" she shouted in Rhett's face over the crying. "Honestly, why did I give her to you?! I can tell you can't even take care of yourself you moron!"
"Hey it's not my fault she takes after her Mother!" he shot back, yelling just as loud.
"You've got no room to talk about how much my Kaikou complains! And I do NOT act like a baby!"
"Stop it you two!" Yuna demanded, grabbing the baby and cradling her. She rocked her back and forth, and gradually the crying died down and she was starting to fall asleep again. Yuna pat the top of Kaikou's head gently and smiled. Then she turned to the other two who had stopped arguing.
"Do you guys think that yelling was going to calm her down?" she asked, but not in a loud or strict tone. "Rhett, what did you do?"
"I told you, I didn't do anything," he replied. "She was starting to wake up, and she was about to cry, so I gave her a bottle. That would be the reason there is my in my hand."
"Oh," Rikku muttered. She really didn't feel like apologizing, even if it was her fault. But he made her mad, and there was no reason to apologize. Or was there? "Well, I guess there's no harm- Did you guys hear that?"
"Hear what?" Rhett asked, looking around. It could have been anything that she heard, and he wouldn't have been surprised if there were creatures all lurking about. After all, the path that they were once walking on was growing plants and full of green and it was no more. The only thing that separated the path with its tall grass was the trees around it, extremely thick and impossible to get through.
"There it is again!" she shrieked, scurrying behind Rhett along with Yuna. That time he heard it. It was a huge, deep roar, and then a loud beating on the ground that made the ground rumble. It was shaking intensely, so much that all of them all to brace themselves and hold onto a tree to stand up properly. Kaikou was awake again, and Yuna was sitting on the ground trying to calm her down as best as she could.
"You guys saved the world once," Rhett shouted, holding onto the thick branch of the tree with dear life. "Do you recognize that noise?"
"I think it's a Behemoth!" Rikku replied, her voice equally toned as high.
They all stayed bunched up in near the same area hoping that wherever the beast was, it wouldn't go near them. But preparing for the worst all of them drew their weapons. Rikku kept firearms in a pocket around her belt with several different kinds of ammo, while Rhett pulled out the spikes for his fists and lastly Yuna readied herself to use the deadliest of her magic spells, some Black magic she'd learned from Lulu. Everyone was preparing themselves, ready for the worst, when suddenly-
"Who the hell is that?!" Rhett screamed, letting his guard down.
The creature had crashed through some of the trees, tearing the braches to pieces and leaving bits of twigs and grass flying through the air. Leaves spread of the grassy grown, others blowing in the wind. In a deadly rampage was a huge Behemoth just as Rikku said, with milky white eyes and devil- like horns, black as night and as hard as diamonds coming from the top of its' forehead. A thick mane of white hair spiked up, at least several inches long on the top of its' head, yet went the beasts moved it flowed from side to side. The teeth were stained and yellow and the most noticeable part of the body, with its' mouth hanging wide open and letting out deadly roars. The dirty but sleek purple fur had dark red stains over it, as if it were dried blood from previous battles.
"Get back here!" someone shouted at the top of their lungs, and leaping from the same direction as the Behemoth had come in was a young character, someone they couldn't recognize in the blur. Whoever it was, they were very fast and brave, and they ;leaped onto the back of the Behemoth, their feet planted on the beast's large shoulder blades and with a long thin spear they pierced it, letting blood flowing out from the moment it hit.
The Behemoth let out a yelp that was deep and full of hurt, and it stood on its' hind legs, revealing a small white belly. It jumped around violently, trying to buck of the person, but they stayed firm, holding the spear with dear might and standing steady. The person's hands stayed on hold to the spear, and from what the three who were frozen to where they stood saw, the spear was pushing deeper and deeper into the wound, and tearing the flesh open so flesh blood flowed. After moments, the Behemoth stopped in its' tracks, and fell. The person, now recognized as a boy now that all was still, jumped off, pulling the spear out.
"About time," he muttered walking calmly to the front of the beast where its' mouth was. With two fingers that had unusually long nails, he pressed a spot underneath the chin of the Behemoth and sighed. "That's the fourth one this week. What's been going on with them lately?"
"Hey," Rikku whispered, looking both and Rhett and Yuna and gaining their attention. "Is that boy. a Guado?"
"Yes," the boy said out of nowhere, making them all jump. "Yes, I am a Guado. And you are humans. Poor, pathetic humans who are afraid of a mere Behemoth."
"Watch yourself kid!" Rhett replied rudely, gripping the hilt of his sword tighter. "We weren't scared, and you're just a kid! What makes you think you can go up against three humans, and two that were saviors of the world?"
"The two females, I presume? Then one of you must be lady Yuna, the one I've heard so much about." His voice was young, but he spoke like he was much older, and in an icy tone that sounded cold and calculating. Yuna, who was still holding the crying Kaikou in her arms stood up from her kneel, and nodded.
"Yes," she said, holding Kaikou close to her, not trusting the Guado. "I am Yuna, the ex-summoner. I came to pay a visit to the Farplane."
"Pay a visit? That can be arranged, I suppose. Are you going to visit my brother there, or are you going to visit that boy you fell in love with after you married?"
"You're brother?" The words caught her very quickly, and blocked out all other words the young Guado spoke. She didn't know anyone who died that had a brother, or at least, a Guado with a little brother. What was going on? Then she started to notice things about the Guado she hadn't seen before.
He stood tall and proud, though looking no older than teenager, with sinister blue eyes and the same colored hair. But unlike her late Husband, his hair was very human-like in style, straight and perfect, running down to his shoulder and bits of it drifted to his face. He looked at them with a smile, something that showed only a deadly side and no other. This young boy couldn't be lying; he was Seymour Guado's brother.
Lakki, with the help of Forest got onto the back of the beast Valefor, which cooed slowly as he pet the top of it with its' small fingers. The bird's eyes closed, focusing on the relaxation, and the young boy was simply amazed.
"Hey!" he said to Forest, who was just climbing on. "Hey, he likes me! He likes it when I do this!"
Forest giggled, covering her mouth politely to stifle. "That's good," she said. "Well, Valefor should know to go to Dead-Zanerkand. She has been there several times."
"Will he let me go back home to my Mommy and Daddy?"
"I don't think the dead can go back to Spira, once they come. They'll turn to Poltergeists if they stay too long."
Lakki turned his head only a little and gave her a puzzled look. "Pol-tre- guys?"
"Hee hee, no silly," she ruffled the top of his head with her hand, laughing. "It's called 'Poltergeist'. That means a monster that's dead but can hurt people alive."
"Oh."
When the two were securely one top of the Aeon, Valefor lifted its gigantic bat-like wings and raised them up and down, taking off into the air slowly but surely. Lakki, even thought the beating was loud and annoying, was amazed as he watched things get smaller and smaller on the land. But as for the crater that separated them from the city, it was larger than ever, and he noticed the crater completely surrounded the city like an island.
"It's strange," he heard Forest shout over the beating of the wings as Valefor took off. "Usually there's water in the craters. But nothing is there now."
"Maybe the king drank it all," Lakki suggested. Then he thought about asking another question. "Is he fat?"
"No!"
"Okay. Because Mommy tells me that Kings are always fat because they eat and drink a lot. Then she calls them 'pathetic slobs', and I don't know what that means."
Forest snorted, tightening her grip on Valefor's fur. "Well, our King is most certainly not a 'pathetic slob' and your Mother calls it. He is healthy and strong, and dreadfully handsome."
From the rest of the way, which was only a half hour or so, Lakki didn't talk to Forest. He had a feeling that he made her angry for calling the King a pathetic slob, whatever that was. It must have been an insult. She didn't talk, and he could feel a certain tension in the air. So, he just listened to Valefor's constant beating, which gave him a head ache, but then again there was nothing else to do.
Pretty soon Valefor starting to drop down in altitude and a sudden jerk downwards knocked Lakki off the constant trance he was in. He looked over around the bird's neck and saw the city closer than ever. There were thousands of pillars, dark and up like tall buildings with thousands of windows that lit up. There were long and winding roads full of crowds walking about, and a vehicle that he recognized as a car from the Al Bhed. It was stunning, and from the most far off distance was a large castle, the place they were heading to.
From outside the castle was a huge door, and soldiers were standing on guard at the front. Well, at least he thought they were guards. They stood tall and proud, but carried blitzballs in their hands and instead of wearing armor, wore simple clothes that looked like they were ready to play sports. And what other sport than blitzball if they have blitzballs in their hands?
The large area up at the front was wide and perfect for landing Valefor. The guards closed in on the bird as it gradually descended onto the ground, and finally it touched. Lakki was about to climb off, but Forest stopped him, and she stayed on. She stroked the red fur of the bird one last time before it disappeared into thin air, letting Lakki and her fall on the ground. She was braced however, and caught herself like she was used to it, but the poor boy didn't know what was going to happen and fell on his bottom.
"Hey!" He shouted, standing up and looking up at his friend. "Why didn't you tell me he was gonna go away?"
"Sorry," she said, kneeling down and giving him a hug. "My bad. Are you alright?"
"Yup! Is this where the King lives?"
"Forest."
The guards that were around them cleared when the deep voice was heard, and Forest stood up in a proper manner, and her hands were behind her back, and Lakki could see she was fiddling with her fingers nervously. Before her came a tall man with black hair, which was gradually turning gray, and one eye was closed. He stared down at Forest first, and then laid his eyes on Lakki. But unlike most people who looked down at the ground scared, the young boy laughed.
"Wow, you're the King?!" he said through giggles, pointing up at his face. "You didn't tell me he was old!"
"Lakki!" she scolded, slapping his face. "Don't say that to Sir Auron!"
Lakki held the spot where her hand hit, and could feel the pain throbbing. Little tears started to well up in his eyes, and like a baby he started to cry. Forest immediately regretted her actions and pulled him into a hug, trying to calm him down. She should never have hit a little boy, nevertheless one that was probably confused and scared.
"Shush, shush, it's alright," she whispered in his ear. "I'm sorry, I'm sorry."
Lakki let go, of her and smiled, still trying to wipe the tears away. Then he shouted, "Why did you hit me?! I was only telling the truth. Mommy said you should always tell the truth, and he's old. So I said it."
"Yes, telling the truth is good." She giggled, thinking now what he said was sort of funny. But she also had to remember manners, and the man was right behind them. "But remember, you also have to be nice. Even though you told the truth, it wasn't nice. Try and be nicer about his age next time, okay?'
"Okay!"
He turned around back around to the man who was much, much taller than him and smiled, unafraid at all. To Lakki's surprise, the man smiled back.
"You have quite a mouth," he said, in a deep and powerful tone. "But you don't look scared at all of what you said. You're a brave little guy."
"Thanks!"
The man stopped smiling the moment he stopped talking to Lakki, and looked at Forest, who was busy fiddling with her fingers again. "He's braver than you and my guards. At least he can look me in the eye."
"I'm sorry, Sir Auron," Forest apologized quickly, giving a small bow then looking him in the face. She seemed almost scared but either Auron took no notice of it, or he decided to ignore it.
"Forest, why are you here again?"
"I'm sorry for have not telling you earlier. This boy came across me near my house. He understands that he did die, but I don't think he has the whole picture!"
"Yeah I do!" Lakki interrupted. "You said I died! I came from the dead world to this world, and now I can't go back because I'm dead! See?'
"I see," Auron concluded after a moment of silence. "I'll take him in to see the King right away. I suppose he'll explain the story."
Auron turned around and walked off slowly, back to the doors followed by soldiers that went back to their posts. Lakki felt a tap on his shoulder and whirled around. Forest was standing there.
"Follow him," she commanded, pointing to Auron. "He'll take you to see the King."
"But what're you gonna do?"
"I'm coming too, don't worry." Lakki nodded, and followed Auron to the castle to meet the King.
"Let me ask again," Rhett said for the third time as the three walked to the path of Guadosalom. "Why do I have to carry the baby, if the baby doesn't belong to me?!"
"Because I said so," Rikku teased. She and Yuna giggled as they continued in their conversations with excitement. Rhett lagged behind a bit, carrying the sleeping Al Bhed Kaikou in his arms. He sighed, wondering how he had to put up with two women and baby at the same time. And what did he do? He just agreed to take one woman to some place he'd rather not go to because he wanted to go look for his old man. A low moan escaped him.
"Damn women and their manipulative crazy minds," he growled. But, he supposed he had to deal with the. He had no choice, now that he was this far into this mess. Not the time to back out now, he thought.
He heard a small cry and looked down. Kaikou was starting to stir a bit, moving around and kicking her little feet to try and get in a bigger spot.
Honestly, he thought. Not now. I don't feel like having you cry. Besides, Rikku will think I did something, and I can tell she's evil!
"Yeah, that's what your Mom is," he said to himself as he reached into the bag she had given him full of her daughter's things. He pulled out a baby bottle, and before Kaikou's cries could get louder he stuffed the bottle in her mouth. Her eyes were only a little open before, but as if it were something awful, her green eyes went wide open and she pushed it away, screaming as loud as she could. Little tears erupted as they uncontrollably spluttered down her face.
Rikku turned around the moment she heard her baby start crying, and rushed to her aid. She jerked Kaikou out of Rhett's arms and started cooing her and calming her down, but even her childish blabbing wasn't working.
"What the hell were you doing to make her cry like that?!" she shouted in Rhett's face over the crying. "Honestly, why did I give her to you?! I can tell you can't even take care of yourself you moron!"
"Hey it's not my fault she takes after her Mother!" he shot back, yelling just as loud.
"You've got no room to talk about how much my Kaikou complains! And I do NOT act like a baby!"
"Stop it you two!" Yuna demanded, grabbing the baby and cradling her. She rocked her back and forth, and gradually the crying died down and she was starting to fall asleep again. Yuna pat the top of Kaikou's head gently and smiled. Then she turned to the other two who had stopped arguing.
"Do you guys think that yelling was going to calm her down?" she asked, but not in a loud or strict tone. "Rhett, what did you do?"
"I told you, I didn't do anything," he replied. "She was starting to wake up, and she was about to cry, so I gave her a bottle. That would be the reason there is my in my hand."
"Oh," Rikku muttered. She really didn't feel like apologizing, even if it was her fault. But he made her mad, and there was no reason to apologize. Or was there? "Well, I guess there's no harm- Did you guys hear that?"
"Hear what?" Rhett asked, looking around. It could have been anything that she heard, and he wouldn't have been surprised if there were creatures all lurking about. After all, the path that they were once walking on was growing plants and full of green and it was no more. The only thing that separated the path with its tall grass was the trees around it, extremely thick and impossible to get through.
"There it is again!" she shrieked, scurrying behind Rhett along with Yuna. That time he heard it. It was a huge, deep roar, and then a loud beating on the ground that made the ground rumble. It was shaking intensely, so much that all of them all to brace themselves and hold onto a tree to stand up properly. Kaikou was awake again, and Yuna was sitting on the ground trying to calm her down as best as she could.
"You guys saved the world once," Rhett shouted, holding onto the thick branch of the tree with dear life. "Do you recognize that noise?"
"I think it's a Behemoth!" Rikku replied, her voice equally toned as high.
They all stayed bunched up in near the same area hoping that wherever the beast was, it wouldn't go near them. But preparing for the worst all of them drew their weapons. Rikku kept firearms in a pocket around her belt with several different kinds of ammo, while Rhett pulled out the spikes for his fists and lastly Yuna readied herself to use the deadliest of her magic spells, some Black magic she'd learned from Lulu. Everyone was preparing themselves, ready for the worst, when suddenly-
"Who the hell is that?!" Rhett screamed, letting his guard down.
The creature had crashed through some of the trees, tearing the braches to pieces and leaving bits of twigs and grass flying through the air. Leaves spread of the grassy grown, others blowing in the wind. In a deadly rampage was a huge Behemoth just as Rikku said, with milky white eyes and devil- like horns, black as night and as hard as diamonds coming from the top of its' forehead. A thick mane of white hair spiked up, at least several inches long on the top of its' head, yet went the beasts moved it flowed from side to side. The teeth were stained and yellow and the most noticeable part of the body, with its' mouth hanging wide open and letting out deadly roars. The dirty but sleek purple fur had dark red stains over it, as if it were dried blood from previous battles.
"Get back here!" someone shouted at the top of their lungs, and leaping from the same direction as the Behemoth had come in was a young character, someone they couldn't recognize in the blur. Whoever it was, they were very fast and brave, and they ;leaped onto the back of the Behemoth, their feet planted on the beast's large shoulder blades and with a long thin spear they pierced it, letting blood flowing out from the moment it hit.
The Behemoth let out a yelp that was deep and full of hurt, and it stood on its' hind legs, revealing a small white belly. It jumped around violently, trying to buck of the person, but they stayed firm, holding the spear with dear might and standing steady. The person's hands stayed on hold to the spear, and from what the three who were frozen to where they stood saw, the spear was pushing deeper and deeper into the wound, and tearing the flesh open so flesh blood flowed. After moments, the Behemoth stopped in its' tracks, and fell. The person, now recognized as a boy now that all was still, jumped off, pulling the spear out.
"About time," he muttered walking calmly to the front of the beast where its' mouth was. With two fingers that had unusually long nails, he pressed a spot underneath the chin of the Behemoth and sighed. "That's the fourth one this week. What's been going on with them lately?"
"Hey," Rikku whispered, looking both and Rhett and Yuna and gaining their attention. "Is that boy. a Guado?"
"Yes," the boy said out of nowhere, making them all jump. "Yes, I am a Guado. And you are humans. Poor, pathetic humans who are afraid of a mere Behemoth."
"Watch yourself kid!" Rhett replied rudely, gripping the hilt of his sword tighter. "We weren't scared, and you're just a kid! What makes you think you can go up against three humans, and two that were saviors of the world?"
"The two females, I presume? Then one of you must be lady Yuna, the one I've heard so much about." His voice was young, but he spoke like he was much older, and in an icy tone that sounded cold and calculating. Yuna, who was still holding the crying Kaikou in her arms stood up from her kneel, and nodded.
"Yes," she said, holding Kaikou close to her, not trusting the Guado. "I am Yuna, the ex-summoner. I came to pay a visit to the Farplane."
"Pay a visit? That can be arranged, I suppose. Are you going to visit my brother there, or are you going to visit that boy you fell in love with after you married?"
"You're brother?" The words caught her very quickly, and blocked out all other words the young Guado spoke. She didn't know anyone who died that had a brother, or at least, a Guado with a little brother. What was going on? Then she started to notice things about the Guado she hadn't seen before.
He stood tall and proud, though looking no older than teenager, with sinister blue eyes and the same colored hair. But unlike her late Husband, his hair was very human-like in style, straight and perfect, running down to his shoulder and bits of it drifted to his face. He looked at them with a smile, something that showed only a deadly side and no other. This young boy couldn't be lying; he was Seymour Guado's brother.