Ha! I finished this in one day! ONE! It usually takes me at least three days. But this took me one. Betcha didn't expect that! Another chapter all done in just one day! At this rate, I might finish this fic quicker than I thought. Watch as the quality drops from my tiredness. I am sadly very exhausted from this. And I ate too much apple pie. I feel sick now.
This takes place three weeks after the last chapter. I doubt you wanna read about Ku's boring adventures in Home for three weeks. I sure don't wanna write it… So you're never going to read it.
I'm not sure if the Al Bhed is done right… I'm no expert in their language. Ku talks mostly in English, just cause she prefers it, I guess. You all understand, right?
I'm listening to Kirei na Kanjou from Noir right now! In case you're kinda slow, it's the song this fic is based on. Mostly cause I liked the name. ^^
Kirei na Kanjou
"Thanks, Rin! I'll come back tomorrow, like always, right?" Ku smiled as she exited the small house. She waved at the person inside and looked around her. The sun was starting to set and darkness was beginning to settle on the city. She started walking to the high tower she considered her home.
It's amazing how fast time flies, she thought. It doesn't feel like it, but it's already been three weeks since I first came here. I've met many of the people in Home and become friends with a lot of them. Rin has already taught me so much Al Bhed and I can actually speak it and be understood now. I haven't seen Rikku or her brother much, but Cid says they're on a salvage ship looking for some ancient machina. I actually know what machina is now, and all the other things in Spira that weren't in Zanarkand.
Ku was passing a large building that was familiar to her. The large sign hanging above the door said 'MEPNYNO', or 'Library'. She had been in there numerous times in the past few weeks researching.
But, even though I've accepted this place as my home, I can't stop thinking about Zanarkand. She stopped in front of the library. I try to forget it, and the next thing I know, I'm in the library, trying to find a way back to Zanarkand…
Ku sighed and kept walking. She eventually arrived at the bottom of the tower. Entering the lift she had now become accustomed to, she felt herself being carried to the top. She knocked on the first door on the right, the conference room.
"Come in, Ku," a gruff voice shouted on the other side. It was amazing how accurate Cid could be.
She opened the door and grinned at the man in the corner. Like always, he was working on something concerning the rebuilding of Home. "Hey, Cid. Just came in to tell you I'm back from Rin's house."
Cid turned around to face Ku. "Ya learn some more Al Bhed today?" She nodded and was met with a smirk. "Good. Now you can actually talk to people." He laughed a little at the pout she gave him. "Oh, in case ya wanna know, Rikku and Brother came back today. They're sleepin' already, but you can probably see 'em tomorrow." He went back to his previous activity at his desk. "Well, I gotta get back to work on these papers. Go get some rest. You'll need it for tomorrow."
"Goodnight." Ku closed the door and walked down the narrow corridor to the guestroom. Inside, it had been furnished well to suit her needs. It was nice in there, just a little cramped because of lack of space. Still, she was thankful that the leader of the Al Bhed had been kind enough to supply her with a place to stay.
Ku walked over to the small table by her bed. On it were two frames holding photos inside. They hadn't bothered to take it out of the room when Ku had started staying in it, and she liked to look at the memories they kept. The first was of a large yellow bird, a Chocobo, standing in the desert next to a cactus. The other was her favorite. It showed Cid with his two children and a woman holding them. It was obviously an old picture, all of the members of the family being much younger in the photo. The edges of the photo were also yellowing and brittle. She always thought about how happy they looked together, how perfect and so much like the ideal family.
"I'm glad… that some people can enjoy their families like that…" she said as she got into bed. She fell asleep shortly afterwards.
"Cid!" one of the men at the Observation Tower called. "Cusadrehk ec ybbnuylrehk Home!" (Cid! Something is approaching Home!)
"Fryd?" Cid asked. "Fryd ec ed?" (What? What is it?)
"E tu hud ghuf, pid ed ec jano mynka..." (I do not know, but it is very large…)
"Luimt ed pa Sinspawn?" (Could it be Sinspawn?) another man joined in.
"Pid E druikrd fa lmaynat ymm dra Sinspawn vnus dra ecmyht!" (But I thought we cleared all the Sinspawn from the island!)
"Ed ec lusehk lmucan!" (It is coming closer!)
"Ed ec Sinspawn!" (It is Sinspawn!)
"Cuiht dra ymyns! Damm ajanouha du kad nayto!" (Sound the alarm! Tell everyone to get ready!)
Ku woke up with a start when a loud alarm started ringing throughout the tower.
"Ajanouha! Sinspawn ec yddylgehk Home! Ajanouha cruimt ku du dra cramdan haynacd du dras. E nabayd, Sinspawn ec yddylgehk Home! Brother, Rikku! Ramb cdub dra fiend!" (Everyone! Sinspawn is attacking Home! Everyone should go to the shelter nearest to them. I repeat, Sinspawn is attacking Home! Brother, Rikku! Help stop the fiend!)
She got up and ran out to the corridor where she saw Rikku and Brother run to the lift. Ku ran after them and entered the lift with them.
"Hey!" Rikku exclaimed. "It's you! Haven't seen ya for a while. Too bad it's now…" Brother nodded in agreement.
"Hey, Rikku," Ku asked, "What is Sinspawn?"
"Ya mean Dad didn't tell you that? Geez…" she shook her head. "Well, y'know what Sin is, right? Sinspawn are monsters that it leaves behind. If we don't get rid of them, Sin just comes back to get them. I was pretty sure all the Sinspawn were gone from the island, but I guess not…"
The lift had reached the bottom. Rikku and Brother ran out in the direction where the monster seemed to be. Ku wasn't exactly sure where to go, but started running in the direction she saw most of the Al Bhed people running.
Eventually, she reached a small makeshift shelter. There were already several families inside and there was barely enough room for Ku. She managed to squeeze into a corner.
An explosion was heard outside and some gunshots. A few of the children screamed and hid near the back of the shelter where some of the women tried to comfort them.
Helpless again, Ku thought. I wish… I wish I could help them.
She leaned against the wall and put her hand against the metal surface. Suddenly, the wall shifted and disappeared, revealing a long corridor. Some of the people in the shelter looked her way and at the newly found path.
"Um… E femm ku caa fryd ec ehceta," (I will go see what is inside) Ku said. "E femm damm oui ev ed ec cyva. Tu hud funno." (I will tell you if it is safe. Do not worry.) She stepped inside the dark entrance.
Keeping one hand on the sidewall to not get lost, she started to make her way through the corridor. It was a lot longer than she had imagined, but a while after she thought she saw a pale blue light shining. She started running, eager to find the source of the light.
Finally, she reached the end. A platform was at the center of a small round room. Embedded in the platform was a metal pole, and on that pole hung a blue pendant. It was the source of the light Ku had seen earlier. The pendant resembled a sea serpent with curved wings. Aquamarines lined its gold body and its eye was a ruby.
Without realizing what she was doing, she unhooked the chain that the pendant was on and clipped it around her neck. She started walking down the cold corridor again. It was like she couldn't stop herself from doing these things; someone else was controlling her body. She didn't stop when she reached the shelter. Instead, she just kept walking straight to the exit.
"Ku!" one of the women cried. "Frana yna oui kuehk? Ed ec hud cyva uid drana!" (Ku! Where are you going? It is not safe out there!)
She turned slowly to the woman who had spoken. "We… we must… help." With that, she walked out of the shelter into the cracked streets outside, the blue pendant swinging hypnotically from her neck.
"Father!" Brother yelled as he shot off another bullet from a machina cannon. "Fa lyhhud dyga silr suna uv drec!" (We cannot take much more of this!)
"Drana yna duu syho lyciymdeac ujan rana!" (There are too many casualties over here!) Rikku shouted while giving an Al Bhed potion to one of the many wounded people around her. "Fa yna hud kuehk du mycd!" (We are not going to last!)
Cid wiped some blood off of the side of his mouth. "Tysh..." (Damn…) he muttered. Facing his daughter, he yelled, "Rikku! Zicd gaab dahtehk du dra fuihtat!" (Rikku! Just keep tending to the wounded!) To Brother, he yelled, "Gaab venehk! Fa ryja hu lruela pid du gaab dnoehk!" (Keep firing! We have no choice but to keep trying!) Worst comes to worst, he thought, we can always blow up Home. But that's the last resort…
"Rao, Father!" Cid heard Brother say. "Fryd ec dryd kenm tuehk rana?" (Hey, Father! What is that girl doing here?)
Girl? he asked himself silently. He looked in the direction that Brother was pointing and saw Ku walking slowly towards them and the Sinspawn. "Damn! Ku! Get outta here!" She ignored him and kept approaching them. "KU!"
A glint of blue caught Cid's eye. "Wait… that can't be… the pendant?" Ku was closer to him now. "Ku! What're ya doin' with that pendant?!"
Ku looked at him and answered quietly, "We have come to help." Her eyes were blank and devoid of expression. She passed him and started to advance to the Sinspawn.
As Rikku watched the ensuing scene between Ku and her father, she started to panic. "Dad! Fryd ec Ku tuehk? Cra ec kuehk du dra Sinspawn!" (Dad! What is Ku doing? She is going to the Sinspawn!) She pointed frantically to the girl who was now standing just meters away from the attacking monster.
"E ghuf, Rikku... Pid drana ec hudrehk E lyh tu! Leviathan luhdnumc ran huf. " (I know, Rikku… But there is nothing I can do! Leviathan controls her now.)
The monster was massive, easily towering hundreds of feet above Ku. It resembled one of the Sandworms that lived in the deserts near Home, but much larger and uglier. It clamped its four pairs of pincers and settled its two huge watering black eyes on Ku. It slowly moved towards her, leaving a trail of a burning green substance.
Ku clasped her hands together and brought them down to the gold serpent hanging on her neck. Picking it up by its wings, she held it in front of her face and closed her eyes. A bright flash emitted from the pendant.
Everyone in Home could see what happened next, though many would never believe it. A huge pillar of stone rose out from underneath the sand, and on the pillar was water. The water just rested at the top of the stone, frozen in time. A ball of light arose from the water and floated above the pillar. A light blue sea serpent started emerging from it and calmly stretched its long body out. It turned its finned head to the Sinspawn and curled itself into an "S" shape, never taking its eyes from the creature. With a slight flick of its tail, the serpent forced the water down the stone. The water crashed into the Sinspawn, completely drowning it in water, yet somehow protecting the Al Bhed. After a few minutes, the water vanished.
The Sinspawn was lying on its side on the desert floor. Its body exploded into a burst of pyreflies and was gone.
The large serpent floated down to Ku and faced her. She looked in awe at it and couldn't take her eyes of it as it came closer. "Leviathan…" she mouthed. It entered back into the pendant. Ku blacked out.
Geez, Ku blacks out a lot.
Finally, something happens that's semi-interesting. Well, the plot should move smoothly from here.
I have nothing more to say. I really need to stop writing these things so late. It's 3:30 AM. (See how loyal I am to you few fans out there? Actually, the only reason I'm up is probably just cause I'm an idiot.)
I'm just gonna sleep tomorrow during Thanksgiving. It's a good thing we ate Thanksgiving dinner a day early (my parents have to go visit someone for Thanksgiving). I might just sleep through it. (Although, knowing me, I"ll probably eat a second Thanksgiving dinner just for the heck of it and get sick again tomorrow. I am such a pig. A very happy pig, of course.)
Next Chapter: er… I'm not really sure. I'll figure it out later. ^^;
