A Fantasy's Legend
Chapter 2
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"She can't be the Matron, can she?"
A sound of a cold voice woke me. I walk towards the entrance of the Inn to see Lulu and Wakka standing by a big bonfire in the center of town. Lulu looked somewhat worried, while Wakka looked clueless, as always.
"I mean, she does fit the bill. Long black hair, dark features…, but I don't want to jump to conclusions, ya? Said Wakka. Lulu sighed and whispers "I guess we have to wait and see." "Ya" Wakka agreed. They went their separate ways and they left me even more confused. They know me? Who am I to them? I go back to bed and try to sleep it off.
"Hey! Wake up!"
A voice shouted. I grunt as I try to get up. "You ok?" I turn to see Tidus ask. "I'm a little sore." I say quietly. Wakka walks in, with two swords, one aqua blue and one sliver. He goes and hands the aqua blue sword to Tidus. "This is the Brotherhood, the sword I gave to my brother, Chappu." Wakka said. "And where is your bro?" Tidus asked. "…..He died in battle." Wakka states quietly. "Oh, I'm sorry." Tidus says.
I stay silent as he walks over to me with the silver sword. Up close, I recognized it. It was my sword! "Here. I found this next to you at the beach." It felt so right, to be with my sword. "So, I guess you're good at swordsmanship, ya? That sword was heavy!" Wakka exclaims. Yuna walks in and sees us. "Good Morning, everybody." She says with doing the little religion bow, whatever they call it.
"It's time to go." Lulu says from the back of the room. I turned, not knowing she was even in the room. "So to Luca, it is." Wakka states. "Luca?" Tidus and I ask. Lulu rolls her eyes. "You two really are clueless." She states. Her "Higher-than-Thou" attitude is really starting to piss me off, but I stay calm. I hold my sword close because it's the only thing I have.
On the way to Luca, we made a stop at Kilika, a town that's practically destroyed by an attack by Sin. Bascially, we helped to rebuild, took Yuna to the temple so she could get her next Aeon, and packed some stuff. Nothing of importance, in my opinion.
Back on the ship (the S.S. Liki, I think.) I sat in the back of the ship, looking at the clear sky. "So. You're lost." I look next to me, to see Lulu. She looks to the sky, as if, she too, was looking for answers like me. She's so stoic and cold. Maybe she's not as bad as I thought. She takes out a small locket. Inside, there was a small picture of a redheaded man. He sorta looks like Wakka, but shorter. Lulu stares at the picture, with mourn in her eyes. "We were engaged. He went of so fast, I didn't get to say goodbye." She whispers. "That's Chappu." I state. She nods her head. I sympathized with her. "Do you know how it feels? To lose someone you wanted to spend your life with?" She asked. I lower my head. That brought back too many memories, somethings I just didn't want to remember right now. "Yes" I stated quietly, almost to myself. She leaves without saying another word. I look to the sky, whispering "Yes, I do know. More than you'll ever know."
I feel the ship stop. I stand, to see a huge building. Walking off the ship, I see a crowd of people. I feel a hand on my shoulder and I quickly turn around to see Wakka. "Don't do that." I state. He sheepishly smiles and apologizes. "You see, this is Luca, the Blitzball capital of Spira, ya!" he exclaims. All of us followed Wakka into the stadium, where the rest of his team is waiting. In the locker room, he announces that this would be his last Blitzball game before becoming a full time guardian. Yuna runs into the room and goes to Tidus. She whispers something to him and his face lights up. "You mean Auron is here!?!" he says to Yuna. "Yes, and I think we should go look for him." Without another thought, they both run of the room. This guy must be important for them to react like that, but whatever.
This room is too small for my liking, so I excuse myself to go into the seats of the stadium.
I went to the top balcony. It was empty. So perfect. I could feel the light breeze hit me, it felt so clean. I look at the sphere at the middle of the arena. It was getting filled up with water. The fact that people can go underwater and not die within minutes was mind boggling to me. Are they that advanced?
From the corner of my eye, I see someone. I can't see their face, but all I can see is a red trench coat and a large bottle hanging off their side. I hear foot steps walking up to me. I hold the handle to my sword, ready to battle if need be. "Matron Rose…" a voice whispers to me. I turn, readying my sword. I look to see a tall, rugged looking man. He holds a huge blade on his shoulders, as if he couldn't hold it on his own strength. He holds his left arm on his sleeve, like a broken warrior. His glasses and one eyes shows that he's gone though many battles. He stares at me, like he sees a ghost. He comes closer to me. I prepare myself. He puts his blade down and continues staring. "What?" I ask. He says nothing. He gets on one knee and grabs my hand softly. He kisses my hand and looking into my eyes, he says "Beautiful. Just like Zieg described."
My blood stopped cold. "How do you know…..?" My mind was spinning with so many questions. He stands and smirks at me. "What do you know about Zieg?" I nearly screamed as I positioned myself into fighting stance. He continues smirking. "Always ready to go. I can see why Zieg fell in love with you. Rose." He states in a matter-of-factly tone. "Whip Smack!" I hissed as I attacked him. I could tell that this caught him off guard, because he barely dodged the attack. I cut him, but the jacket guarded him from any major damage. He smiles at me, as if he knew I was going to attack. "Who are you to say that! You don't know me. Don't begin to even assume you know me!" I shouted at him. He picked up his blade and looked at me. "So you want to play?" He asked playfully. I was at the point of murder. Before I could attack, the sound of screaming filled the air. Monsters were attacking people. "What the Hell?" I asked myself. What is this world?!?
The man pulls me close to him. "I'm sorry, but we need to go." He states flatly. "WE? Who's 'we'"? I asked, trying to pull away from him. He picks me up and holds me in his arms. Without another word, he begins jumping downward from balcony to balcony. In his arms, I felt safe. Like I would with Zieg. It was then that I realized that this man, whoever he was, is going to play a very big part in my life, or what's left of it.
When we reach the floor, he puts me down. He walks over to the large monster. He laughs, as if this was just child's play to him. He looks over to me and, with the one eye he had, he winks. I look away and roll my eyes. Why is he hitting on me in the middle of this commotion?
He proceeds to go into fighting stance, taking out his left arm from his sleeve. He grabs his blade, runs to the monster, and proceeds to cut it in half with one swing. Big fucking whoop. "Hey!!" I hear as Tidus and the group run up to him. He stands there nonchalantly. Tidus acts giddy as he exclaimes to me: "Rose! I want you to meet somebody!" I walk over to them. "Rose, this is Aur"- "We've met." I said quickly, cutting off Tidus. He looks at Auron then looks at me. "Okay….." Auron puts his hand on Tidus's shoulder. "We should talk." Tidus looks at Auron, confused. Tidus then shrugs and follows him. I begin to walk back to the stadium as I heard Auron call my name. He called me over. "I need to talk to you, too. I know that there are a lot of answers you want from me."
I followed him. He knows much more than he's going to tell me. I will find out who I am, in this world, anyway.
