Chapter Three
Celestial Reaper
"You never answered my question." Yuna said as they sat near the small fire Auron had made a few moments earlier.
"Which one?" he asked, and she sighed.
"How..how did you come back?" she asked, and it was his turn to sigh.
"It's a very long story." he said, and she shrugged.
"It's allright. Just tell me."
"Last night...when you saw the Reaper feed..." he began, but she interrupted him.
"What's a reaper?" she asked.
"The Reaper is a creature that needs souls to survive. You saw it feeding last night when the Moonflow dissapeared. For some reason, though, it couldn't take mine, which simply returned to my body. It's next stop must be the Farplane...we have to reach it before the Reaper does. Otherwise it will become indestructible." he said, and looked over to see Yuna's eyes widened.
"Ahhhh..." she began, but he stopped her from speaking as he placed her hand on her shoulder.
"Yuna, are you allright?" he asked, and she nodded quickly.
"I'm...I'm fine. Just a little...cold." she said, and he quickly reached into his oversized coat where he had placed the items they found earlier and pulled out the purple shawl, then handed it to Yuna.
"Put this on." he said, and she complied with his request, wrapping it tightly around her.
"Thank you." she said, and he nodded.
"There is something you want to ask me." he said, and she shook her head like a dog out of water.
"How do you know?" she asked, and he chuckled.
"That wasn't your question." he said, and she shrugged.
"I want to know now." she said, and he nodded.
"I bet you do." he said, and was probably smiling under that damn collar he always wore.
"I do." she said, and he shrugged.
"That does not mean I'm going to tell you." he said, and Yuna felt a stab of annoyance at the remark.
"Auron..." she began, but he cut her off.
"Someday you'll understand." he said, and her face turned blood red.
"What do you mean, 'someday'? I want to understand now! Everyone treats me like I'm a child, but I'm not!" she yelled, then glared at him for a few moments.
"I know you're not a child, Yuna." he said, and sighed audibly. "But sometimes you can behave like one."
"Excuse me?" Yuna asked, clearly angry.
"Now, for an example. You're behaving like a small child, throwing a fit because you want me to tell you something that you don't understand."
"I think I deserve to understand!" she snapped, and Auron seemed unmoved.
"Small children think they deserve to understand as well." he said, and she stood up, grabbed her staff, and stormed away from the fire. "Yuna? Small children stomp off..."
" I DON'T GIVE A DAMN ABOUT SMALL CHILDREN!" she roared, and continued to storm off. Auron was shocked at her reactions, but refused to allow himself to show it. Reaching for his Masamune, Auron stood up to follow her, mumbling slightly under his breath.
".....women...."
