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Chapter 4 - A complete stranger

"Wakka, I'm going to sleep in Ashura's room tonight, go on to bed it's late." Lulu said, as she rushed her huhsband to bed. "Uh, okay, wake me up in the mornin' ya?" Love you my two girls, goodnight." Waaka said. Both girls said goodnight I love you at the same time, althought their voices were in different tones. Wakka walked out of sight, once a door was opened and then shuht again Lulu began to speak.

"Ashura, do you feel okay?" "yes Momma, why?" "Put on some traveling clothes." Ashura did as she was told. Lulu put a few potions and something securely wrapped into her bag. "Let's go!" Lulu said. Ashura held onto her mother's forearm as Lulu cast a transportation spell. In the blink of an eye Ashura was introduced to a new place. "Sweetie, this is Guadosalam we'll just be passing through." Lulu said calmly. Ashura felt her mother tense up and felt a protective spell being cast. They hurriedly walked through the underground town and were at a long narrow stairway that led into a giant bubble.

With a long sigh Lulu spoke uunsurely ,"This is the farplane. Where dead souls may rest, without becoming fiends. Come on, I'll take you in. Don't be afraid, no harm will come to you here." Lulu grasped her daughter's hand firmly in her own and held on tightly as they passed through the irridescent bubble. Lulu exhaled heavily after their entrance. Ashura gasped, it was absolutely beautiful. A large round platformreaching high above an endless sea of wildflowers, with these beautiful irridescent creatures floating around like butterflies.

"Wow, this is breath taking Momma. It sure doesn't look like a place where resting souls would be." Ashura said as she looked around, searching for any remnants of people. "So where is everyone? I mean all the dead people? adn Why are we here?" Ashura sked as she let her mother's hand go and faced her. Lulu looked into her daughter's eyes and then cast her gaze to the floor. Lulu affectionately removed the bangs from her daughters eyes so as to see her better, she felt as though she might cry. :Momma, what's wrong?" Ashura could see the hurt in her mother's eyes. Lulu shook her head and tried to hold her tears back. "Think of your father and close your eyes." Ashura did as told and felt her mother guiding her to an unknown place. Suddenly Lulu stopped walking and stood behind her daughter.

"Don't open your eyes yet, I'll tell you when you can okay?" Lulu told her. Ashura nodded in response. "I've loved few men in my life. Wakka, your father, asked me to marry him shortly after we defeated Yu-Yevon. We got married two days after his proposal, and then I conceived you. Chappu, your deceased uncle, was my first love. He was killed trying to kill sin. Lastly, there's Auron, or I should say Sir Auron who defeated sin twice. He was an unsent when he fought beside me to defeat sin his second time. "Lulu paused and took her daughter's hands in her own, and then stepped to Ashura's side.

"Open your eyes Ashura." Lulu commanded. Ashura opened her eyes and didn't see Wakka, but a complete stranger. A man who must've been at least six feet tall, was quite pale, had a sword, and had a scar to match her own hovered before her. "Ashura, meet Auron, your father."

"He learned my black magic and wished to have an heir. Auron mixed two spells which he said next to my stomache and then he laid his hands on me, At the conclusion of the spell I felt my insides move. He thanked me before he left. When your aunt did the most famous dance in history Auron disappated into several pyreflies. All he left was his sword, the Ashura. He also asked that I give you the sword on the day you met him, here it is." In saying this Lulu pulled out the securely wrapped package and handed it to her daughter.

Ashura, very confused and angered, looked from the package to her mother then to her new found father. Tears welling in her eyes. 'Lies, my life has been a giant lie!' "Momma, I Love You. Tell Daddy that I love him, and I will always be his." Ashura added with a hiss while shooting daggers at Auron. Ashura then dropped the sword and leapt over the edge.