Before long, it was day break. Auron was so used to seeing Kimahri stand erect waiting by his summoner's door, like a dog waiting on his master for a daily walk. Kimahri wasn't around to alert him of the summoner's wakening. A creaking of a door slowly opening alerted the stoic guardian someone was awake. He quickly put on the massive collar that hid the deep lines around his mouth from scowling and frowning. His arms reached back for the sleeves of his coat, and buckled the sleeve that wielded his sword to his wrist. Whoever was opening the door, was waiting…Waiting for something. "Sir Auron." An icy voice that almost could match his own malice called for him. Silence greeted the one that beckoned him. "What happened last night?" A woman cradling a doll advanced towards him, brushing her long ebony braids from her face, trying to look authorative. She didn't need to try.
"Hmph." Was his famous reply, picking up his sunglasses from the floor. His face felt naked without them.
"What did you do?" Lulu furrowed her brows together angrily, though she was a foot shorter than Auron, she was still pretty intimidating. "Don't ignore me!" She pushed him back into the wall, Auron just stared blankly the other way.
"What's going on?" Rikku yawned and stretched, as she lazily stumbled out of the room.
"What did he do to you?" Lulu glared at the taller man, that refused to look at her.
"What do you mean?" Rikku paused mortified, had she heard the confession? Did she see anything?
"THIS! HOW'D THIS HAPPEN?" She grabbed Rikku's arm gently and raised it up for Auron to see. She pointed to the manifesting bruise.
"This?" Rikku yanked her arm back, "Wasn't his fault." She shook her head fervently, "I…"
"YEVON'S HEAD ON A PLATTER!" Wakka yelped as he saw a massacred body behind the statue that guarded the door he exited from.
"What?" Lulu looked over, seeing Wakka's horrified expression. She ran over to him and saw what he was staring at, a hand covered her mouth. Rikku stared alarmed at Auron. He inhaled deeply and was about to speak.
"The priest…He attacked me." Rikku nodded eyes open wide, "Auron went to help me, but he got thrown back and was knocked unconscious. I was going to scream, but suddenly I just blacked out. Next thing I knew, I found Auron carrying me to my room. I didn't remember what happened until now. Auron must have ran his sword through the priest. He was going to kill Wakka and Tidus!…I think he didn't know what to do with the body without making it suspicious, so he left it there. Is that right?" Rikku stared hiding her pleading eyes from the others. Auron nodded slowly, realizing his Masamune wasn't where he left it.
"Augh, Auron…Could you…umm…ya?" Wakka pointed disgustedly at the body. Auron briskly trudged over to the statue, and saw the priest impaled on his sword. With his gloved hand, he grabbed the handle, and yanked his Masamune from the body. It fell limp to the floor. A low grumbling noise came from the body.
"Yevon will get you…" It spoke louder and louder. It rose to its feet, staring blankly at Auron.
"Lu…Lu…This is a little freaky, ya?" Wakka backed up slowly, as the body began to advance on Auron.
"Rikku, go wake Yuna. She'll need to perform another sending." Auron began to back out the temple doors, with an unsent priest following him.
"An unclean death…" It murmured as it began to attack him. Auron dodged all the attacks.
"Sir AURON!" A frail voice called, he glanced over to see Yuna, standing there petrified. He let his guard down, and was struck by the priest.
"Enough!" He murmured and charged towards the unsent and slashed at it furiously. "Yuna NOW!" Auron walked far off to the side, wiping his blade on the grass, as Yuna danced.
"What's going on?" Tidus followed everyone out the temple's entrance doors.
"The priest attacked Rikku last night. Auron was just finishing him off." Lulu turned and faced Yuna, "Are you okay?"
"Why…why would a priest of Yevon?" Yuna stared at her feet, tears rolling down her cheeks. "I don't understand. Why would he do such a thing?"
"I'll tell you why, ya? It was that Seymour, ya?" Wakka concluded, Rikku just stood behind him, silently watching Auron.
"If the priest turned on us, I'm afraid to find out who else will." Tidus shuddered.
"Let's go. It isn't safe anymore to dawdle idly, waiting for another attack." Auron began to walk down the path to head towards the Moonflow that would eventually lead them to their destination.
"When we killed Yunalesca wouldn't it have made more sense if we worked are way back to Besaid, instead of back there from the airship to Zanarkand ruins? Ya?" Wakka groused as they walked along the roads.
"We had to start from the beginning again, we could've missed something. And if we go backwards we'd miss a lot of things." Yuna spoke softly, walking next to Tidus, holding his hand. "Maybe we should just go fight Sin and get this over with. I'm stalling my own pilgrimage." Yuna stopped and faced the group. "Rikku, we need you're father's airship."
"Yunie!" Rikku cried, glancing back to Auron every so often.
"We killed Yunalesca, I don't know how we'll beat Sin. But we will!" Yuna smiled weakly, "Sir Auron what do you think we should do?"
"Let us go kill Sin. Let's end this."
They boarded the airship, and began their flight inside Sin. They all crowded in the bridge where Cid spoke to all of them. Giving encouraging words. Auron just slipped from the group to go lean up against the wall to think. The demon clawed at his soul demanding to be set free. "Silence." He murmured, "This will all be over…soon." He felt the ship tremble as they entered Sin. His pupils dilated, "No…Not yet." He snarled softly. He straightened up when the party suddenly came out from the bridge, passing him.
"Let's go." Yuna nodded and led the party off the airship and into Sin.