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Character thoughts in "italics." Kimi na no? Sore tomo, ukeru dake?
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In the darkness, the monk smirked from beneath his helmet, even in his situation.
He moved once again against the silence infused ropes he was bound in.
"Heh. Perhaps it is time to create a new Sin..." He laughed out loud, even if no one could hear him. "I've waited long enough."
Dark energy pulsed through his body; his eyes set with determination. The chair he sat in started to give way.
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Final Fantasy X: Beginnings
Chapter Fourteen: Revealed Truth
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Tidus awoke to bright sunlight pouring in from the window, forcing him to open his eyes. "Unnngh..." he stretched out his arms, letting out a yawn. He felt some movement behind him, and watched wide eyed as an arm made its way across his waist.
"Mmm..." From the sounds of it, Yuna was still sleeping.
Tidus was awake by now. "Ok... I'm in Yuna's bed and..." he looked down at himself. "No shirt on? Just my boxers? Eep?" He didn't want to wake Yuna, so he turned around in her arms slowly to face her. When he looked her over, she was wrapped up in blankets, had hair loosely covering her face, and a bare shoulder was sticking out from under the covers.
Tidus' heart started beating faster. If they did do anything on their wedding night he really would've liked to remember it, but as hard as he tried, he couldn't think of anything that happened after the wedding reception. He breathed in deeply, looking intently at Yuna's face. "Did we really...?" He mumbled under his breath.
Yuna stirred at this, and awoke to the sight of a shirtless Tidus, which elicited quite a blush. "Do... what?" She sat up a little, revealing that the bare shoulder he had just seen was just a strap that had slipped down on her pajama top. She rubbed her eyes and smiled at his current expression, knowing exactly what he was thinking.
She smiled. "OH... I remember now."
*****Flashback to the night before*****
At the reception, both of them had a good time, as well as quite a bit of champagne. After everyone had gone home for the night, they went home soon after, the day's events catching up with them.
Yuna opened the door to her room, her eyelids drooping. "Wow... it feels like I've cast twenty Holy's in a row today..."
Tidus followed her inside. "I... can stay with you tonight, can't I?"
Yuna turned around and playfully hit him on the shoulder. "Of course you can, silly." She kissed him gently on the lips.
Tidus took the opportunity to take the kiss deeper, pulling her closer to him, and escalating their shared passion. Breathing heavily, they eventually pulled apart. "Good," he said, grinning. "It *is* our wedding night after all..." He moved in to kiss her once more, his hands wandering this time, loosening her hair, her wedding dress, all while moving toward the bed. Yuna soon followed suit, doing the same the entire time, Tidus' tux coming off part by part. Eventually, the two made it to bed, Yuna in her lingerie, and Tidus only in his boxers.
Yuna continued to get lost in the moment kissing Tidus passionately. Unfortunately for her, she noticed that his eyes had drooped low and closed shut once he was lying down; not opening again when she stopped.
"Zzzzzz...." He snored loudly. Apparently, he turned out to be more tired than she was.
Yuna sat up and sighed. She got up to get some clothes to change into, laughing a bit at how the situation had turned out.
*****Flashback End*****
Tidus sat up and put a hand on his forehead. "Oh man Yuna... I'm sorry." He looked up at her, and laughed a bit, "I'm so embarrassed."
Yuna scooted closer to him, her face inching closer to his. "It's ok, I forgive you," she said jokingly.
Tidus grinned, their faces closer now. "I promise I'll make it up to you. If you know what I mean..." He kissed her lips briefly, then went straight for her neck.
"Tidus...wait! We have to get up!" Yuna's heart was beating faster from the turn of events.
Suddenly, there was knocking on the door. "THAT'S RIGHT YOU TWO!!!"
Both Tidus and Yuna immediately turned their attention to the door. "Rikku?!"
"Heh Heh. I always catch you two at the worst times somehow..." her voice was muffled through the door. "Seriously though," she took on a different tone, " that monk we tied up yesterday is acting really strange. Well, at least that's what Dad says. He wants you to check it out."
Yuna walked up to the door, flipped the lock, and opened it partway. "Okay, I'll do it. I'll be ready soon, so tell him not to worry."
Rikku hugged her cousin. "You're the best Yunie." She looked past her cousin's shoulder, spotting Tidus in the bed. She whispered to Yuna, "Congratulations, cuz." She winked at her cutely.
Yuna whispered back, "But we didn't do anything!"
"Suuuure..." She grinned and started walking away, shouting over her shoulder, "You better get ready soon too, Tidus!"
Yuna shut the door, and sighed. She turned back to Tidus. "Gosh, what am I stressing about? We're married!"
Tidus nodded his head in agreement, even if he didn't know what she was talking about.
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Cid's airship was docked at the Besaid Port, meaning that the S.S. Winno would have to find docking elsewhere for the time being. Yuna had put on her traditional summoner costume at Lulu's suggestion, thinking it would help in bringing the monk's true feelings to the surface if he was indeed connected to Yevon. She had come with Tidus, though apparently the rest of her guardians had been early risers this morning.
Yuna walked up to Lulu, adjusting her obi. "It feels so strange wearing these clothes when I don't have a speech to give or something..."
Lulu looked her over. "It's ok, it looks good." She looked back at Tidus, noticing that he had his blitzball uniform on. "Good, just like I predicted." She motioned over to the airship entrance. "It's time."
Yuna took a deep breath. "Ok." She marched onward onto the ship first, followed by her guardians.
She didn't have to walk far to be greeted by her uncle. "HEY THERE MY LITTLE NIECE!" Suddenly, she was caught in a crushing bear hug.
"H-hey, Uncle Cid..."
He released her for the time being. "This guy you brought in has been acting pretty weird lately, so be careful, ok?"
"I know."
He ruffled her hair. "That's my Yuna." He turned to the others. "Ok, follow me, all of ya." He walked through several doors, and turned a corner to the left. After several locks were released, the door slowly slid up, revealing the monk sitting in a visibly abused chair, his head hanging low.
Tidus stepped in front of Yuna, not wanting her to step in first.
"Tidus... it's ok." She nudged him aside, letting her eyes convince him. She walked up to the monk. "First off, what's your name?"
Wakka cut in. "Yuna, what kind of question is that?!"
Yuna waved him off. "Shh Wakka, I know what I'm doing..." She turned back to the monk. "Well?"
"Heh heh heh heh." He took a glance at Yuna before answering. "You can call me YEVON."
"He's flipping out!" In the doorway, Lulu, Rikku, Wakka, and Tidus were thinking the exact same thing. Kimahri, unfortunately, had gone back to Mt. Gagazet to look after things the day before.
Yuna kept a straight face after his answer. "So this is why you were so easy to defeat back then." She could tell that his eyes and aura had become different from before.
He smirked. "So, you believe me?"
Yuna looked him straight in the eye. "This time you're not coming back."
"Haha. Quite a threat, Lady Yuna." He shifted in the ropes. "So, you want to hear my story before... well, you all die?" Some dark energy appeared at his fingertips, though was quickly extinguished by Rikku's silence spell in the ropes.
Tidus growled from the doorway. "Just spit it out already, bastard."
"Heh. They all bought it." The monk cleared his throat. "It was quite easy you see, to find people that were very devoted to me, and would do anything for me..." he took a quick glance at Wakka, throwing the red-haired blitzer off guard. "It's not that this body was the best I could find, but... this man was conveniently there when I needed him..."
Lulu cut in this time. "So that explains the blob we fought. It was a fake, allowing Sin to be destroyed, but not you."
"How perceptive of you. Yes. I wasn't as powerful then, so I transferred my consciousness into another. It was also very easy to convince followers of Seymour once I revealed who I was. In essence, he became part of me, my shell, once he died in Sin, thanks to all of you. Convincing New Yevon to go with me was a pushover, they are too trusting of outsiders favoring the old religion..."
Tidus stepped into the room and stood next to Yuna. "But, you're a summoner at heart, huh? In the two years I wasn't here, you could've killed her at anytime. You didn't want to kill her at first, but instead have her join you, removing her from power. Weird way of revenge if you ask me."
The monk scoffed, having nothing to say.
Yuna looked pensive. "When your original plan didn't work and you caught wind of Tidus' return, that's when you decided to try and kill me."
"Yes. Because now, you aren't a weak and easy target anymore for conversion. You are a lost cause." He grinned widely. "Thanks for the lengthy delay everyone."
Rikku noticed it first. "Watch out! The silence is wearing off!" Panicked, she pushed Yuna and Tidus aside and tried to infuse the ropes with another spell.
An audible snap was suddenly heard in the room, and the monk stood up, the ropes disintegrated by his dark energy. Rikku was thrown back first, knocking down Lulu and landing on top of her.
"Ow..." Rikku rubbed her head, and Lulu did the same.
Tidus had stepped in front of Yuna again, shielding her from the energy emanating from the man. "For some reason I'm partially immune to his attacks. Maybe I can do something..." Without thinking things out any further, he quickly started running up to the monk...
...and body slammed him.
Yuna gasped. "He didn't!"
The monk wasn't expecting anything like this, and was momentarily dazed. Tidus grit his teeth, the dark energy traveling up his arms. "Wakka! QUICK!"
Wakka pulled out his blitzball. "I got you covered, brudda!" He charged up with magical energy, and let the ball loose. "TRIPLE FOUL!" Tidus quickly jumped out of the way, and the ball connected squarely with the monk's jaw, sending him flying toward the wall. A clang was heard as the monk made impact with the wall first, then the floor.
Now, he was on the floor, blinded, poisoned, silenced, and in obviously in a lot of pain. Everyone gathered around him, now that he was subdued. Tidus had gotten up and joined them after shaking off the after effects of the dark energy.
Yuna tugged on his arm. "You ok?"
He looked down at her and grinned. "Yeah... I'm fine."
"Yuna... you need to send him," Lulu said, interrupting their exchange.
Yuna looked down at the monk. "Yes, I know." She took out her staff. "This is a soul that needed to be sent to the Farplane a long time ago."
Her friends backed away as Yuna began her dance around the fallen monk, her movements fluid and beautiful; a stark contrast to the monk's painful looking struggle. Pyreflies started coming forth from the monk's body at the same time his movements started to cease. Yuna turned on her heel, and brought the staff in front of her, turning its base upwards as the monk's body finally disappeared.
Yuna let out a big breath. "It was a double sending, it was true."
Tidus walked up to her. "So... should we tell people that we killed Yevon again?"
Yuna giggled. "Nah... I think they've got plenty other things to worry about."
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With time, everyone had moved into the airship's cockpit to inform Cid of what had happened. Well, Rikku explained in Al Bhed so the rest of the cockpit crew could understand.
Tidus looked out over the Besaid waters through the window glass. "Hey Yuna, feel like going somewhere today?"
She was sitting in one of the chairs in front of navigation control. She smiled. "Only if you help me with some of my work later..."
"Of course. You don't even have to ask." He grinned.
Yuna was amused. "Ok, where do you want to go?"
"Umm... somewhere we haven't been in a while." He went back to looking out over the ocean.
Yuna thought for a little bit. "I know... Zanarkand. I want you to see it."
He laughed. "Hey, isn't that my line?"
"HEY UNCLE CID!" She didn't bother getting up. "LET'S GO TO ZANARKAND!"
Rikku had just finished explaining things anyway, so he heard her loud and clear. "Ok, sweetheart, hold on!" In no time, he had the ship flying off from Besaid waters.
Yuna stood up and joined Tidus by the window. "So, what do you say about visiting your house over there?"
"Hmm...? You went and built that?" Tidus was amused.
"Of course! We built everything from the plans we found in Seymour's sphere. You'll just have to tell me where it is."
"Hehe. Well. Are you hinting at something here, love?" He leaned in and kissed her briefly on the lips.
"Oh I don't know, maybe I am now that you said something..." She smiled a knowing smile before kissing him back.
Wouldn't it be wonderful,
if we could walk together hand in hand?
I want to go
To your town, your house, your arms.
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Author's note:
Helloooo... I am back! Well, after a really long hiatus for which I am really really sorry about! Life has just given me so much drama lately, so yeah. Ick. I'm on the last leg of my WEEK of summer vacation here, which explains my posting here. :-) I'm not saying that this is the last one necessarily, because I always seem to go back on my word when I do that.
Well, maybe it is, and maybe it isn't. I'm keeping it open to maybe an epilogue, but that may be long in coming also. Let me know if you want me to actually try writing one, ok?
Sorry about the shorter length of this chapter. When it's done, it's done, and I really can't think of any more to smoosh up in here, hehe. Oh! Regular things: the Japanese line for this chapter comes from FFX-2, in Yuna's dream sequence with her and Tidus running down the hallway. "Is it you? Or am I just imagining things?" The actual chapter title comes from the name of a track from the FFX OST, the music that plays when Tidus finds out Yuna is going to die.
I just couldn't resist the Suteki Da Ne insert at the end of this chapter. Hopefully you didn't get too many cavities there. ;-)
Expect my one shot somewhere around this section, more FLUFF for you, yup.
If you've come this far, tell me what you think and drop a review! Like it? Maybe not? Even if you think it's total crap, I'd like to know. (Just be nice about it!) Constructive criticism makes it better for all of us, yesh.
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That's it! Sorry for the (regularly) long author's note, hope to be back up in here soon. :-)
