I'm glad people like the new take on this fic. I wanted a character acting
different than most stuck in a game and not always liking things and stuff
like that.
Oui Are The Al Bhed (title from the music track in the game)
I followed Cid through Home until we came to a large room filled with tons of machines, or machina as they are called here in Spira.
"I'm sounding an alarm to everybody! Seems some of those Guado are attacking us!" Cid told me talking to some Al Bhed in their native language. "Okay, follow me!" he told me as he ran out the room and back down the hallway.
He was ahead of me when the roof of the corridor collapsed seperating us.
"Kid! You okay?" I heard him call.
"Nothing broken! I can't reach you though." I told him.
"Try and find another way around to the outside. If you meet a Guado kill him!" He shouted to me.
Drawing my firearms I ran back the way we came and tried another path.
A Guado was standing there and summoned a few monsters on me. This Chimera like beast and this dog with two horns on its back. I shot at the Guado rapidly killing him quickly as I dodged a fireball and a rush from both beasts.
I didn't want to fight them alone so I ran down the path I was taking and reached a bigger room with nothing in it. Outside the room I heard something familiar.
"Yuna! Where are you?" I heard a familiar sounding voice call out. Where Yuna's guardians here?
I ran back down the hall and found the two monsters dead and quickly trailed the guardians. I hope we all make it, I wanna apologize for what I did. I meant every word but I didn't want them to suffer from it.
More monsters bared my path this time but they weren't as fierce as the ones before so by dodging and shooting I dispatched them with little injury. I kept going forward and then thought of something.
"Rikku told me something about a sphere grid. Maybe if I use that I can become a little stronger." I said to myself going down a set of stairs. After concentrating on inproving skills I only really learned one thing.
"Scan" I said to myself. Didn't seem useful to me but you never know.
I kept in persuit of everybody marked by a trail of dead fiends and Guado around until I came to a large hold with a giant ship there.
"Kid! Hop aboard!" I heard Cid call from the side door of the vessel. I began to walk up the staircase to it when the area rumbled and a large bird was in front of me.
Testing my new White Magic I scanned the creature and found out some valuable information.
"Zu. Flying monster. Weakness are beak and wings when glowing." I told myself after Scanning it.
Opening fire upon its beak it felt the pain from the gun shots and tried to peck at me many times but was way too slow for me. Then the wings glowed and it landed. The ship was also taking off.
Firing all I had at it while running up the stairs it finally died and I leapt into the airship as the door closed.
"Glad you could make it! That was some fight you put up. Well assemble at the bridge!" he ordered. I learned to obey Cid ever since he gave me that beating.
I followed him to the bridge of the ship and saw everybody there. All of Yuna's Guardian's but no Yuna.
They all stared at me and I don't blame them. Luckily Tidus broke the silence.
"Where's Yuna! Answer me!" he shouted to Cid holding him up by his collar. This won't end well.
"Tell me! What are you gonna do when you find her?" Cid asked, picking up Tidus and slamming him to the floor. "Just march her off to that Zanarkand to die for nothing? I won't let anyone put my little neice through any of that Yevon nonsense."
"No! That's not it! I'm not just gonna let Yuna die!" Tidus declared.
I noticed Rikku begin to leave the bridge, I wanted to follow her to apologize but I couldn't move.
"We're gonna take down those Guado holding up inside Home!" Cid shouted to everyone.
"How do you plan to do that?" Lulu asked him.
"With one of the forbidden machina." he answered. He then spoke in Al Bhed to the pilots and we took off into the sky. Once airborn I saw a series of missiles being launched at Home and destroy it in one large blast. We managed to escape the blast luckily, but Home was completely destroyed.
It felt weird. I'm Al Bhed and Home is supposed to mean a lot to an Al Bhed, but I feel nothing for its loss. I wonder if Rikku feels the same way. I'd better talk to her. She must feel really down, having me yell at her and then facing the destruction of her own home.
"Where are you going?" Wakka asked me.
"Taking care of things." I said leaving the bridge.
I searched along the corridors and compartments but found no sign of the usually cheerful Al Bhed. Although I did manage to find Rin again and thanked him for his help when I first came to, in Al Bhed which really impressed him.
Eventually I came to a service elevator leading to the deck of the ship and sitting in the corner was Rikku, crying.
"Go away!" She yelled at me. She must really hate me now.
"Look, I'd tell you 'I know how you feel' but I don't. Home is important to the Al Bhed but I can't seem to shed any tears for it. You should be thankful you knew it better than I do." I said trying to make her feel better.
"Please go away. I faced Home being destroyed and you'll probably just yell at me again." she sobbed.
"Rikku, I'm sorry for doing that. But I was just mad at the whole thing." I said sitting down next to her.
"Well I do understand how you must feel but you were being a real meanie about it." she said to me.
"I know. But I'm real worried right now." I told her.
"About Yuna? Or maybe the rest of us?" she asked starting to feel happier.
"This." I said holding up that sphere I found in the desert. We both looked at it again and she didn't seem to know what it meant either.
"That's a strange sphere. I wonder what it means." she said looking at it.
"It's worrying me. What if it's something bad?" I said starting to shake a little from fear.
"Are you getting scared?" she asked me.
"M-maybe a little." I said trying my best to hide it but couldn't.
Then at that moment she did the strangest thing to me. She went behind me and held me around the waist from behind resting her small head on my left shoulder.
"Before my mom died I remember her hold me like this when I felt afraid of something. Is it working for you?" she asked.
I don't know. This was all so sudden. Her embrace was warm and comforting. Her face felt smooth on my exposed arm, strands of her shiny blonde hair flowed in front of my chest, and her breasts hugged my back tightly. This was the first time I've been held like this. Was this something girls do to guys or do men do this too?
"I'm not sure. I've never been held like this." I told her.
"Are you sure?" she asked still holding me tightly.
"Well you said your mother held you like this right?" I asked. She let out a "mmhmm"to signal yes. "Well I don't remember my parents at all. I wonder what they were like."
"Shinn, you missed out. Now I can understand why you got so mad at us. We were the first group you were ever with and we kinda led you down a bad path. I'm sorry." she said. I felt a tear hit my arm.
"No it's ok. It's not so bad anymore. Once I met the Al Bhed everything seemed better. Knowing that I belonged with some people." I told her.
We remained silent for awhile. She was still holding me from behind. I then broke the silence.
"We should return to the bridge." I informed her.
"Just a little longer, please? I just want to hold somebody, to make me feel safe." she said closing her eyes and beginning to sleep on me. Taking a risk I propped her up on the wall and put my arm around her and let her sleep. Eventually after running through Home and fighting fiends I went to sleep too, resting my head atop of hers.
What was I doing? It is comforting having Rikku rest on me and me on her, but.........what does that mean? Does it mean that I.........could I like.........like Rikku?
I was brought out of my nap by Cid's boisterous voice over a loudspeaker. "Rikku, Shinn, you read me?" his voice boomed.
"What?" I said rubbing my tired eyes.
"Seems these Guado fiends are attacking us from inside. Get ready for battle! Assemble near the bridge!" he commanded. I nudged Rikku until she woke up and we both ran for the bridge killing a few fiends and Guado along the way. All the other guardians were waiting for us. We then ran back to where Rikku and I slept and witnessed something amazing.
"What is that?" Tidus shouted looking at this amazing beast flying next to the ship.
"Evrae, the Guardian Wyrm of Bevelle." Lulu informed us.
"Hmph, the Red Carpet has teeth." Auron chuckled as we went up to the deck to prepare to fight. I clutched my pistols and was ready for the worst.
Oui Are The Al Bhed (title from the music track in the game)
I followed Cid through Home until we came to a large room filled with tons of machines, or machina as they are called here in Spira.
"I'm sounding an alarm to everybody! Seems some of those Guado are attacking us!" Cid told me talking to some Al Bhed in their native language. "Okay, follow me!" he told me as he ran out the room and back down the hallway.
He was ahead of me when the roof of the corridor collapsed seperating us.
"Kid! You okay?" I heard him call.
"Nothing broken! I can't reach you though." I told him.
"Try and find another way around to the outside. If you meet a Guado kill him!" He shouted to me.
Drawing my firearms I ran back the way we came and tried another path.
A Guado was standing there and summoned a few monsters on me. This Chimera like beast and this dog with two horns on its back. I shot at the Guado rapidly killing him quickly as I dodged a fireball and a rush from both beasts.
I didn't want to fight them alone so I ran down the path I was taking and reached a bigger room with nothing in it. Outside the room I heard something familiar.
"Yuna! Where are you?" I heard a familiar sounding voice call out. Where Yuna's guardians here?
I ran back down the hall and found the two monsters dead and quickly trailed the guardians. I hope we all make it, I wanna apologize for what I did. I meant every word but I didn't want them to suffer from it.
More monsters bared my path this time but they weren't as fierce as the ones before so by dodging and shooting I dispatched them with little injury. I kept going forward and then thought of something.
"Rikku told me something about a sphere grid. Maybe if I use that I can become a little stronger." I said to myself going down a set of stairs. After concentrating on inproving skills I only really learned one thing.
"Scan" I said to myself. Didn't seem useful to me but you never know.
I kept in persuit of everybody marked by a trail of dead fiends and Guado around until I came to a large hold with a giant ship there.
"Kid! Hop aboard!" I heard Cid call from the side door of the vessel. I began to walk up the staircase to it when the area rumbled and a large bird was in front of me.
Testing my new White Magic I scanned the creature and found out some valuable information.
"Zu. Flying monster. Weakness are beak and wings when glowing." I told myself after Scanning it.
Opening fire upon its beak it felt the pain from the gun shots and tried to peck at me many times but was way too slow for me. Then the wings glowed and it landed. The ship was also taking off.
Firing all I had at it while running up the stairs it finally died and I leapt into the airship as the door closed.
"Glad you could make it! That was some fight you put up. Well assemble at the bridge!" he ordered. I learned to obey Cid ever since he gave me that beating.
I followed him to the bridge of the ship and saw everybody there. All of Yuna's Guardian's but no Yuna.
They all stared at me and I don't blame them. Luckily Tidus broke the silence.
"Where's Yuna! Answer me!" he shouted to Cid holding him up by his collar. This won't end well.
"Tell me! What are you gonna do when you find her?" Cid asked, picking up Tidus and slamming him to the floor. "Just march her off to that Zanarkand to die for nothing? I won't let anyone put my little neice through any of that Yevon nonsense."
"No! That's not it! I'm not just gonna let Yuna die!" Tidus declared.
I noticed Rikku begin to leave the bridge, I wanted to follow her to apologize but I couldn't move.
"We're gonna take down those Guado holding up inside Home!" Cid shouted to everyone.
"How do you plan to do that?" Lulu asked him.
"With one of the forbidden machina." he answered. He then spoke in Al Bhed to the pilots and we took off into the sky. Once airborn I saw a series of missiles being launched at Home and destroy it in one large blast. We managed to escape the blast luckily, but Home was completely destroyed.
It felt weird. I'm Al Bhed and Home is supposed to mean a lot to an Al Bhed, but I feel nothing for its loss. I wonder if Rikku feels the same way. I'd better talk to her. She must feel really down, having me yell at her and then facing the destruction of her own home.
"Where are you going?" Wakka asked me.
"Taking care of things." I said leaving the bridge.
I searched along the corridors and compartments but found no sign of the usually cheerful Al Bhed. Although I did manage to find Rin again and thanked him for his help when I first came to, in Al Bhed which really impressed him.
Eventually I came to a service elevator leading to the deck of the ship and sitting in the corner was Rikku, crying.
"Go away!" She yelled at me. She must really hate me now.
"Look, I'd tell you 'I know how you feel' but I don't. Home is important to the Al Bhed but I can't seem to shed any tears for it. You should be thankful you knew it better than I do." I said trying to make her feel better.
"Please go away. I faced Home being destroyed and you'll probably just yell at me again." she sobbed.
"Rikku, I'm sorry for doing that. But I was just mad at the whole thing." I said sitting down next to her.
"Well I do understand how you must feel but you were being a real meanie about it." she said to me.
"I know. But I'm real worried right now." I told her.
"About Yuna? Or maybe the rest of us?" she asked starting to feel happier.
"This." I said holding up that sphere I found in the desert. We both looked at it again and she didn't seem to know what it meant either.
"That's a strange sphere. I wonder what it means." she said looking at it.
"It's worrying me. What if it's something bad?" I said starting to shake a little from fear.
"Are you getting scared?" she asked me.
"M-maybe a little." I said trying my best to hide it but couldn't.
Then at that moment she did the strangest thing to me. She went behind me and held me around the waist from behind resting her small head on my left shoulder.
"Before my mom died I remember her hold me like this when I felt afraid of something. Is it working for you?" she asked.
I don't know. This was all so sudden. Her embrace was warm and comforting. Her face felt smooth on my exposed arm, strands of her shiny blonde hair flowed in front of my chest, and her breasts hugged my back tightly. This was the first time I've been held like this. Was this something girls do to guys or do men do this too?
"I'm not sure. I've never been held like this." I told her.
"Are you sure?" she asked still holding me tightly.
"Well you said your mother held you like this right?" I asked. She let out a "mmhmm"to signal yes. "Well I don't remember my parents at all. I wonder what they were like."
"Shinn, you missed out. Now I can understand why you got so mad at us. We were the first group you were ever with and we kinda led you down a bad path. I'm sorry." she said. I felt a tear hit my arm.
"No it's ok. It's not so bad anymore. Once I met the Al Bhed everything seemed better. Knowing that I belonged with some people." I told her.
We remained silent for awhile. She was still holding me from behind. I then broke the silence.
"We should return to the bridge." I informed her.
"Just a little longer, please? I just want to hold somebody, to make me feel safe." she said closing her eyes and beginning to sleep on me. Taking a risk I propped her up on the wall and put my arm around her and let her sleep. Eventually after running through Home and fighting fiends I went to sleep too, resting my head atop of hers.
What was I doing? It is comforting having Rikku rest on me and me on her, but.........what does that mean? Does it mean that I.........could I like.........like Rikku?
I was brought out of my nap by Cid's boisterous voice over a loudspeaker. "Rikku, Shinn, you read me?" his voice boomed.
"What?" I said rubbing my tired eyes.
"Seems these Guado fiends are attacking us from inside. Get ready for battle! Assemble near the bridge!" he commanded. I nudged Rikku until she woke up and we both ran for the bridge killing a few fiends and Guado along the way. All the other guardians were waiting for us. We then ran back to where Rikku and I slept and witnessed something amazing.
"What is that?" Tidus shouted looking at this amazing beast flying next to the ship.
"Evrae, the Guardian Wyrm of Bevelle." Lulu informed us.
"Hmph, the Red Carpet has teeth." Auron chuckled as we went up to the deck to prepare to fight. I clutched my pistols and was ready for the worst.