Chapter 2: Otherworld
"RRROOOOAAARRR!!!" screamed the monster as the weapon slashed rapidly at its thick impenetrable skin.
"DIE!!" shouted the blond figure as he slashed furiously at the incoming huge gray monster. The whale-like creature turned its head towards its attacker and eyed it angrily, flapping its pink fragile wings slowly, its tail swishing here and there in the air.
A loud crack was heard, and a golden whip whistled through the air and wrapped itself around the surprised monster, making it trashed wildly in the air, trying to release itself from his bound. The knight smirked at his advantage, but the monster stared at him with an almost amused expression as its tail shot towards the fighter.
"Shit."
With a sudden swoop of its tail, the weapon was gone from his hand and landed with a loud CHINK! a few meters away, embedded into the thick wood.
"F*CK! Stupid thing!" swore the knight as he leapt away in time from an energy blast fired from the thing's mouth. He rolled away to safety, and pulling his weapon out of the ground, he cried, "GO TO HELL!"
Using what was left of his energy, he ran towards the creature, his weapon glinting brightly in the sun as it glowed with fiery energy.
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Go on if you want it.
An otherworld awaits you
Don't you give up on it.
You bite the hand that feeds you.
All alone cold fields you wander
Memories of it, cloud your sights
Fills your dreams, disturbs your slumber
Lost your way, a fallen knight
Hold now, aim is steady
An otherworld awaits you.
One thousand years--you ready?
The otherworld it takes you
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"Quistis! Get your f*cking weapon off that monster now!" hollered the gray trench-coated figure as he continued his onslaught of attack against the bounded beast.
"But the thing will…"
"Just do it!"
The blond lady in her peach battle suit watched the heated battle between her knight and that strange monster. She nodded her head and tugged at her Save the Queen. The whip undid itself from its captive and unbounded the creature. Feeling itself free once more, it started to glow with an unearthly light as it stared down grimly at its opponents.
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Go into the sand and the dust in the sky
Go now, there's no better plan than to do or to die
Free me, pray to the fayth in the face of the light
Feed me, fill me with sin, and get ready to fight
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You know you will
You know you will
You know it, you know it, you know it, you know it,
that you will
You know it, you know it, you know it, you know it,
that you will
You know you will
Fight fight fight
Fight fight fight
Fight fight fight
Fight fight FIGHT!
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"QUISTIS! GET OUT OF HERE! NOW!" roared the blonde, defending another white-hot energy blast from the creature. The energy blast ricocheted away from his Gunblade, but the force of the momentum sent him sprawling away, landing roughly at the edge of the board, almost falling into the deep sea below. He winced at the pain, but he ignored it and struggled to regain his balance.
"I cannot leave you behind!" said Quistis as she helped him out.
"It's not safe here! Leave now!" The blond readied his weapon again, and charged madly against the creature. "DIE YOU STUPID THING!"
"Seifer! You're not a match against it! Come back here! NO! SEIFER!!!"
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Hope dies and you wander
The otherworld, it makes you
Dreams, they rip asunder
The otherworld it hates you
Free now, ride up on it
Up to the heights, it takes you
Go now, if you want it.
An otherworld awaits you…
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"HIIEEAARRGGHH!! FIRE CROSS TO HELL!!!" cried the blond as he delivered his limit break moves. He jumped and slashed at the creature numerous times, making it flinched at the deadly attacks dished out to it as it howled in agony.
"ZANTETSUKEN REVERSE!" He delivered that crushing move at the monster. The whale creature wailed its final cry before its body split up into half and exploded in a supernova of light, taking in the knight with it.
"SEIFER! NO!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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Seagulls squalled through the air as a cool wind blew from the sea onto the face of a young lady, lifting her brownish locks slightly. Still dressed in her summoner's clothes, she stood facing the sea, and started whistling again. One. Two. Three. Tired, she paused.
Tidus…where are you? You promise you would come when I call…
It was just a few months after Sin was destroyed, along with Yu Yevon and the aeons. Yuna had brought the Eternal Calm to Spira, this time permanently. Now, nobody will be afraid of going out and be under the threat of the destructive Sin. Life had finally turned peaceful, just like an impossible miracle that had come true.
Everybody managed to get on to their normal daily activities. Other summoners and priests of Yevon were discussing at Bevelle Temple about electing a new Maester and what to do with the teachings, aeons, etc. The Al Bheds still played around with machinas, much to the dislike of certain Al-Bhed haters, like Wakka, her guardian whom Yuna treated like her older brother.
"Them machinas are a nuisance, with or without Sin!" Yuna heard him complained time and time again. She giggled at that thought.
Lulu's still using magic, although seldom in battle. She was more into healing magic now. After Sin was finally vanquished, Lulu had become the village doctor. She kept fretting about her patients, and fussing over her Wakka.
Her cousin, Rikku went back to helping her brother (whom Yuna did not know his real name; she only knew to call him Brother) to dig up some more ancient but usable machinas from some submerged ruins. She recently heard that they'd unearthed another airship, but it was not really working properly, so Rikku volunteered to help fix it.
Auron…well, she had sent him to the Farplane as he had wanted her to when they finally defeated the last aeon, although she did it with a heavy heart. Although he kept urging them to hurry up during the journey across Spira, Auron was a great guardian, and kept protecting her during her pilgrimage. She and everyone else would definitely miss him.
Another guardian of hers, Kimahri the Ronso had decided to return to his Mt.Gagazet for a short while, and wouldn't be back until the next three days.
"Kimahri brothers will make Yuna statue as promised." She had nodded, and laughed when she saw Kimahri…uh…smile. If that was a smile…Yuna tried to stop laughter from coming.
As she looked out at the sea, she stopped and paused as she recollected her thoughts. She heaved a heavy sigh.
Yevon. Lots of things have happened.
She had wanted to bring the Calm to Spira, like her father Lord Braska had done, but she had lost something in return.
Her warrior. Comrade. Friend. Tidus. She felt a tear slid down her cheek. She wiped it away hastily and willed herself not to cry anymore. Let the past be the past.
"Miss Yuna?" chirped a small voice behind her. She broke away from her thoughts and looked behind to find a small dark-skinned boy tugging at her pink sleeve. She put on a smile and turned to face the kid.
"Um…yes?" She stooped lower to face the small kid.
"There's somebody at the beach. And…and..." The kid started talking animatedly, describing whatever he saw with his gestures. Something about a blonde guy, carrying a long blade, lying unconscious at the beach. Yuna's eyes blinked as she tried to register what the boy was saying.
Tidus. The very first thought that popped into her mind. She brushed it away.
"Where is he? Is he still…?"
"I think he's still alive…he's muttering something, but his eyes are closed…" But before he could continue, Yuna was already running across the wooden planks of the jetty towards the beach.
