Another chapter done in ONE DAY! HAHAHAHAHA. And in the early early morning. Almost as early as yesterday's chapter. The quality on this chapter really dropped, if you ask me. Hopefully, the next chapter will be normal.

I've had a fairly bad day today. It was a good day. I slept in, was happy, etc. I did nothing and played Xenogears for the majority of the day, sadly. For brunch (more like Lunch/Dinner), I ate a turkey leg and rice. The turkey leg was too hard and the coke I drank made me feel nauseous. Then I get to Babel Tower in Xenogears and get stuck in the same part for hours and keep falling down and down and down. And they won't let me escape from battles in my frustration. Then I ate more turkey and rice. And it was good turkey and rice. That made my day better. Then I find out that Brother might be a main character in FFX-2. That made my day happy. Thank you Jezzi for making my day happy! ^^ So I guess I had a happy day.

None of you really care, do you? Well… it was fun to write anyways.

::no longer cares if she makes sense or not because of tiredness and is also writing way too much in this nice supposedly short part at the beginning of the story::

About the story, it's kinda short this time, and a lot of it is dialogue. I really couldn't figure out how to describe some of the things in there, but I think it's decent at the moment. Again, the Al Bhed probably isn't perfect either.


Kirei na Kanjou

"Rao, Dad," Rikku asked. "Fro luimt cra cissuh Leviathan?" (Hey, Dad. Why could she summon Leviathan?)

"E tu hud ghuf, Rikku..." (I do not know, Rikku…) Cid answered.

Brother joined into the conversation. "Tu oui drehg cra ec y Summoner?" (Do you think she is a Summoner?)

"Hu, E tu hud drehg cra ec. Cra cyoc cra ec vnus Zanarkand, cu ruf luimt cra pa y Summoner?" (No, I do not think she is. She says she is from Zanarkand, so how could she be a Summoner?)

"Pid fryd amca luimt ed pa?" (But what else could it be?)

"Mega E ryja yho etay! Pid, ed ec nisunat dryd Leviathan lruucac baubma jano lynavimmo... Zicd dra vyld dryd Ku fyc ypma du veht ed frah ed fyc rettah mega dryd bnujac dryd cra fyc uha uv dra uhac lrucah po res." (Like I have any idea! But, it is rumored that Leviathan chooses people very carefully... Just the fact that Ku was able to find it when it was hidden like that proves that she was one of the ones chosen by him.)

"Oayr... famm, fryd tu fa tu huf?" (Yeah… well, what do we do now?)

"Fa fyed vun Ku du nalujan. Fa cruimt ku caa ev cra ec yfyga." (We wait for Ku to recover. We should go see if she is awake.)

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"Ugh…" Ku grabbed her pounding head and stood up. The last thing she remembered was going to the Sinspawn, and now she was here. "Where am I?"

You are in your subconscious. It is where I now reside…

She looked around her nervously and started wandering in a random direction. She could see nothing around her; it was just emptiness, absolute nothingness. "Who's there? Where are you?"

I am right here. Keep going deeper into your mind if you wish to find me.

She kept walking and eventually saw a familiar blue light she recognized as the one from the pendant she had worn. Going forwards, she was able to see a tall figure standing with its back turned to her. As she approached it, she saw that it was a man with long, dark blue hair. He turned to her, his narrow aqua green eyes penetrating into her own brown ones. Ku's mouth dropped slightly as she mumbled, "You are…"

Yes. I am Leviathan.

He started to walk to her, his long light blue robe flowing gracefully on him. It reminded Ku of waves. "So this is what a fayth looks like…"

Leviathan nodded at her and took her head into his hands. Then, just as quickly, he dropped her head and turned away again.

You are alone in this world, are you not?

"What?" Ku asked, confused. "No… I'm not alone. I live with the Al Bhed. So I'm not alone."

But inside… you are alone…

Leviathan started to move away from Ku, and she hastily followed him. "Wait! What do you mean?"

He motioned to an image that had appeared before them. It was a memory that Ku knew immediately, one she had thought of often. A small girl sat in the corner of a building full of other young children like her. However, despite the many people there, she sat distanced from them all.

This… You remember this? You were always alone in the end…

"That memory," she said softly. "How do you know about it?"

We are in your subconscious. I can delve into any of your memories.

Perhaps it was the man's appearance, or maybe the fact that he could see into Ku's mind as he wished that unnerved Ku so much. She started to back away from him. "Stop… stop looking into my mind…"

She closed her eyes trying to make him disappear, and felt a hand rest on her shoulder. She jumped away from the owner of the hand, who was, of course, Leviathan.

You do not need to be scared. I will not hurt you.

"Why are you here?" Ku asked, still keeping her distance from the man.

I am here to warn you. And protect you, if it is needed.

"Warn me? About… what?" She stopped to look into the man's face, attempting to find some clue about what he was saying.

You are not wanted here. You are… a mistake. Because you are not needed, Fate does not want you. Fate does not need you.

"Why does this concern me? What does it matter?"

If Fate does not want it, Fate eliminates it.

Her eyes widened at the last comment Leviathan had made. He took this opportunity to walk closer to her and hold her by the shoulders.

But do not worry. I will protect you as your Aeon. And, I know that many others will soon protect you.

"Aeon…" Ku breathed. "Summoners… don't they have Aeons?"

Yes. Will you become a Summoner? Your pilgrimage will hold many of the answers you seek.

"I… I want to know more. Yes… I will become a Summoner. If it will help me find these answers, I will become one. And… it'll help the Al Bhed too, right?"

You wish to help the Al Bhed? Then… yes. It will help them if you wish it too.

"Then I will do it."

Good. Let me become your first Aeon then. I will guide you on your pilgrimage.

Leviathan began to walk away from Ku, drifting further into her mind, leaving her alone. A question arose in her mind. "Wait!" she yelled after him.

Surprisingly, the fayth turned his head to her.

"Why are you helping me like this?"

I choose the ones I help carefully. You should be content that I am helping you at all.

At Ku's disappointed look, he continued. A smile even played on his lips, something that shocked the girl.

However, if you must know, it is because I too am alone. We are both cursed by Fate. Leviathan, an impure Aeon forbidden by Yevon, and Ku, a Summoner unwanted by Fate… an interesting pair, no?

Ku shook her head, still a little lost. "I don't know if it'll be interesting. I don't even know if I'll be able to stand against Fate. But… thank you."

Your friends are calling you. I will allow you to go back to your conscious state and see them. But you must not tell them anything I have told you. It is too… abstract for them to understand. If they ask, simply say that Leviathan has spoken to you. And remember your promise. Both to me and the Al Bhed…

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"Ku!" Cid yelled. "Damn you… wake up!" He started shaking Ku's limp body by her shoulders. "You sure are some idiot, goin' up against one of Sin's spawn like that… Even if ya were controlled by Leviathan!" He started shaking her more violently.

"Ir, Father," Brother criticized. "E ys hud cina dryd ed ec cyva du tu dryd du cusauha fru ec ihluhcleuic..." (Um, Father, I am not sure that it is safe to do that to someone who is unconscious…)

"Oayr!" Rikku shouted. "Yht fa nyh uid uv Phoenix Downs ymnayto!" (Yeah! and we are out of Phoenix Downs already!)

Cid turned to his children and yelled at them, "Xied lusbmyehehk! Ed ec paddan dryh tuehk hudrehk!" (Quit complaining! It is better than doing nothing!)

Brother and Rikku were silent.

A small moan emitted from Ku's lips. She opened her eyes slowly and somewhat painfully. "Ow… my shoulders really hurt…"

"Yay!" Rikku shouted, running to sit next to Ku on the bed after Cid had placed her in a sitting position leaning against the wall. "You're awake!" The Al Bhed girl grinned widely. Brother just smiled, and Cid stood up and laughed.

"We were afraid we'd lost ya there! Gah ha ha ha ha!"

Ku smiled back at the family. "Yeah… well, thankfully Leviathan was there to help me."

"Hey, about that, Ku," Cid started. "How'd ya find that pendant?"

"Well, I just touched a wall in one of the shelters and found it." Seeing the shocked expression on his face, she continued, "Was I not supposed to find it? 'Cause it was pretty easy to get to it."

"I heard that the thing was sealed away. If you just found it like that, must mean that Leviathan really likes ya."

"Well," she remembered, "He did talk to me. In my head." She pointed to her head to emphasize. "Oh! That reminds me. I have to ask you something, Cid."

Cid waved his hand to dismiss Rikku and Brother, both of who left the room. "Yeah? What is it?"

"I… I want to become a Summoner."

Cid's once calm demeanor was suddenly very flustered. "WHAT?!"

Thinking that Cid could probably be heard all over Home, and all over Spira for that matter, she said calmly, "I said, I want to become a Summoner."

"Why the hell do ya wanna do that?!" he shouted just as loudly as before.

"Because, I want to find out some things. Like, if I'm really from Zanarkand, or what I'm doing here. Plus, I'll get to see some of the other cities in Spira. And… um… I guess I want to help the Al Bhed, too."

"Help us?! What'll getting' yerself killed for Spira do for us?!"

She sighed. "You said that most of Yevon doesn't like the Al Bhed, right? But, from what I've seen, the Al Bhed are just like everyone else. They do the same things as people; they suffer the same as the Yevonites. They hate Sin, and Sin attacks them just like everyone else. So… I guess, if I'm a Summoner, I could show that the Al Bhed want the same things as everyone else in Spira."

"Damn!" Cid said angrily. "That is the worst reason I have ever heard for a pilgrimage!"

Rubbing her temples in frustration, Ku argued, "Well, shouldn't I get my own choice in this? I mean, it isn't you getting yourself killed, is it? It's me! So shouldn't I be the one who gets to say whether or not I go?"

"Listen to yerself!" Cid practically screamed. "Don't ya hear what you're saying? You're tellin' yourself your gonna die! You're just guaranteeing your own death!"

"I'll find another way then! I'll find a way… to not get killed. I know that it's possible! I have to go, don't you understand?!"

Cid pounded a fist against the wall, scaring Ku slightly. "Well, I'm not gonna let any of my Al Bhed drag you to your death."

"Well," Ku said thoughtfully, "I can either have a guardian and possibly die a long time from now, or I can not have any guardians and die out in the desert, my rotting corpse eaten by a sandworm." She turned to Cid, his back facing her. "Well? It's your choice, really."

He laughed miserably. "Heh, I hate people like you. You always manage to sound right somehow…" He faced her. "I guess there ain't no stoppin' ya now. I'll lend you a guardian after I finish training you!"

"Er… Training?" Ku looked uneasily at the man laughing in front of her.

"Gah ha ha ha ha! That's right! You gotta learn how to fight before I let you outta here. We'll do it in my room starting tomorrow. Get some sleep before then. You'll need it!" He laughed some more as he exited the room.

Ku went back to sleep, even more scared of Cid than she had been before.


That was also a bad ending. I'm tired. It's 3:31 AM EST. I am tired. Again. Why do I stay up this late?? WHY??

::is becoming hysterical from lack of sleep::

This was a weird chapter. Leviathan is creepy too. All the characters are creepy. And Cid went insane. I think he reflects my emotions at the moment.

The last part was especially bad, IMO. But it's passable for now. I'm hoping the next chapter will be easier to write.

I ate Thanksgiving dinner leftovers all day today. All my meals consisted of turkey and rice. Yum yum.

Next Chapter: The journey actually starts! Finally! ^^