Disclaimer:  I don't own Final Fantasy X or its contents.  But I do own Mira, Ohino, Suiheisan and…all the other people you don't recognize from FFX, unless otherwise stated.  I actually sounded smart!!!

" "-Talking    ' '-Thoughts     -My occasional comments there might not be many in this story….

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"Today's the day!!!" A young girl who looked about 14 years old called through the empty hallway.  "Mira-san!!!  Ohino-san!!! I'm ready!"  The same girl called. 

            "How many times do I have to tell you, Suiheisan?  I don't like being called 'Mira-san'."  An older girl, who looked about 19, came out of a door right next to Suiheisan. 

            "Yeah, and don't call me Ohino-san!" A boy about 17 came walking towards them from down the hall.

            "Fine! I'll call you Onesan," the girl pointed to Mira, "and you Oniisan!" She finished, pointing to Ohino.  "Oh, and please call me by Suih?  Suiheisan sounds too formal!  Anyway, I'm going to the Chamber of The Fayth.  You guys have to get me through the Cloister of Trials! I'm going to become a summoner today!!!"  Suih did a small jump in the air and thrust her fist out.

            "Suih…" Mira looked at the girl, with a gloomy face.  Ohino did the same.

            "C'mon guys!  Cheer up!  When we return, there's gonna be a huge parade, and a feast, and we're all gonna be heroes!!!"  Suih started waking out of the door at the end of the hallway, and outside.  Mira and Ohino followed her, heads hung in despair.  They saw Suih skipping towards the Macalania Temple.

            Suih wore her red hair down to her elbow.  Her eyes were silver with little swirls in them, which was appropriate since she was Al Bhed.  She wore a green tank top, which showed her mid-drift.  A black skirt was cut just as her thigh, and she had black boots that went just past her ankles.  Hanging off both sides of her skirt were two small bells.  On her right wrist was a black ribbon, and she had a small tattoo on her upper left arm.  It was that of a silver dragon, and it wrapped once around her arm.

            As they neared the temple, Suih got even more excited.  And Mira and Ohino got more and more gloomy.  Now to any person, it may seem that Suih didn't fully understand what becoming a summoner meant, but she knew all to well.  She believed all her life that there could be a stop to the sacrifice of summoners, and she thought she could bring about that change, and return to Spira to see her welcome home parade.

            "Suih!  You might want to wait for us!  The monks might not let you in, since…you know…you're Al Bhed."  Mira called to the over-excited redhead.

            Suih sighed, and said "Fine…but you guys are walking really slow, y'know!"

            "Sorry!  We'll speed it up…" Ohino lifted his head slightly, and picked up his pace, as did Mira.

            Finally, they reached the temple, and two monks were standing guard.  Suih walked by casually, but the monks immediately knew she was Al Bhed.  Suih was too proud of the lineage to hide it.

            "No Al Bhed may enter the temple!"  One of the monks stepped in front of the door.

            "Hey! I wanna be a summoner and save Spira so back off!"  Suih tried to push her

way past, but the other monk pulled out a gun.

            "No Al Bhed may enter!" He repeated.

            "Geez! I don't see what's so wrong with Al Bhed!  I don't care if you shoot me, but I'm going in, and becoming a summoner." Suih's lack of people skills was starting to show.  She pushed aside the monk standing in her way, and Mira and Ohino followed her into the temple.  Everyone gasped as Suih entered.  A priest came out of one of the side rooms and confronted the Al Bhed.

            "You can never become a summoner if you reject Yevon's teachings!"

            "Yevon will not stop me!  The fayth decides who becomes a summoner!"

            "The fayth died in the name of Yevon!  They will not accept you!"

            "Why don't you let her try to become a summoner, and we'll see who's right then."  Mira jumped in with a solution.

            "Very well…" The priest gave way.

            "Score!" Suih shouted before realizing that there were other people in the temple.

            The three people entered through the door leading to the Cloister of Trials, and eventually, the Chamber of the Fayth.

            The two guardians-to-be got the summoner-to-be through the Cloister with little trouble.  When they approached the room before the Chamber, Mira grabbed Suih's arm.

            "Are you sure this is what you want to do?  You know full well that your plan has a very little chance of working?"

            "I am aware of what I must do, and what may happen."  Suih replied going into one of her rare serious moments.

            "But…what…what if you d-don't come b-back?!  W-what if we n-never see you again?  If y-your plan should f-fail, there will be no w-welcome home party!"  Mira was now crying, tears flowing freely down her soft cheeks.  Ohino had his face turned away from the two girls, but an occasional sniff could be heard from him.  Suih embraced her older friend even tighter as they both slid to the floor.

            "Why'd y-you have to go and do this, Suih?" Ohino said through gritted teeth, still not turning around.  Mira was now in hysterics on the floor, and Suih was slowly rocking her back and forth, her grip on her childhood friend as tight as it could be.

            "Listen."  Suih said in a tender voice.  "I'm going in to become a summoner.  My will is set, and I will come home when Sin is gone for good, and only then.  When I come out of the Chamber, I want to see both of your eyes dry, and I want to see you ready to be my guardians."  Suih left Mira, still crying on the floor, and walked up the steps into the Chamber of the Fayth.

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            Mira sat, listening to the Hymn of the Fayth, and watching the door intently.  It had been 6 hours since Suih entered the Chamber, and Mira was growing impatient.  Finally, the door slid open, revealing a tired, but happy Suih.  She took a few steps forward, and proceeded down the stairs.  When she was about halfway down the stairs, she gained the energy to speak, but much to the disappointment of her two friends.

            "They've accepted me.   I am now a summoner!  The Fayth said I had the will power, and that was all I needed.  I will now be called-"

            "-Lady Suiheisan…" Ohino and Mira finished Suih's sentence.

            "I proved the Yevonites wrong."  Suih muttered before fainting from exhaustion.