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Trapped in Final Fantasy 10

Chapter 15

Rikku's True Feelings

Through the portal we went. The other end was a very dark and stony pathway filled with large columns and symbols written everywhere.

"Sin gets weirder as we go, ya?" Wakka said appearing here.

Soon we were all here in this new area to navigate.

We walked along this ghostly path and soon it branched off in two directions.

"We should split up and locate the correct path to take." Auron said. Soon the groups were Yuna, Kimarhi, Auron, and Lulu in one. The rest was Tidus, me, Wakka, and Rikku.

"If you find something meet back here." He told us again. We went our separate ways.

"I hope we don't find any terrible fiends down here." Rikku said worrying.

This place was very dark in the sky as well even some lightning was flashing at some points. A large bolt sounded in the distance.

Rikku screamed out in terror and grabbed the closet thing to her...which happened to be Tidus.

"It's just lightning Rikku." I told her.

"You weren't here for the worst part, ya?" Wakka told me.

"When was this?"

"Before we met you come ta think of it. In the Thunder Plains, lightning everywhere and she was scared as hell." Wakka explained laughing a little.

"It's not funny meanie!" she pouted still clinging to Tidus's hood.

"Didn't know you were afraid of lightning." I said moving forward along this winding path.

A few minutes later dead end and we didn't have any fighting to do.

"Where are the fiends?" I asked half expecting them.

Wakka spun a blitzball on his finger and it looked different from his other ones.

"Off Season. Prevent from fiend attacks." He said holding it normal again.

Soon we stood for a moment next to this block on the right side of the path and then lightning sounded again. Rikku practically tackled me again and we both fell into some kind of slide and were now under everything.

"Hey! You okay!?" we heard Wakka shout to us.

"We're fine Wakka! But there's a path leading up from here. This could be the way out!" I relayed back.

"We'll find the others you two stay put!" Tidus shouted to us.

"We always seem to be alone together Rikku." I said facing her.

"Am I bad company?" she asked.

"No, it's not that." I told her.

After that we had a long silence.

"I'm sorry about what I said earlier today. I hope I didn't hurt you." I told her.

"I understood. Sure it hurt but well I know how you feel. I kinda like someone else though." She said.

"Who?"

"Promise you won't tell!"

"I promise."

"Well for a long time I liked Tidus then you came into the picture and being Al Bhed I could connect better to you. Then you were affected by Sin's Toxin and now you're not totally the Al Bhed I wanted. So I still seem to have feelings for Tidus." She told me holding her heart.

"I thought so." I grinned.

"So? You probably still like Yuna I bet!" she teased.

"How'd you know that?" I was shocked by that response.

"It was obvious since we got to Zanarkand."

"Well if you keep it a secret I'll keep yours one too."

"Oh of course. But it's crazy to like the summoner you're guarding."

"Tell that to Tidus. I can tell he loves the hell outta Yuna."

"I thought so too."

"Look at us. We're reduced to gossiping about these little love triangles." I said laughing slightly.

We remained silent for a few more minutes and then I broke the silence again.

"Rikku, what are you gonna do after Sin is dead?" I asked my blonde friend.

"Probably help my father rebuild the new Home." She told me.

"I hope that goes well."

"You won't help?"

"Well I still don't remember much about Spira and rebuilding Home, although the right thing, wouldn't bring back memories. I wanna travel around and find out just exactly what I lost since Sin came to me."

"By yourself?"

"Doesn't have to be. Anyone is welcome to join."

Then the silence broke when Tidus slid down to us. Everyone was close behind.

"Well he's right. We should get out if we climb." Lulu said looking skyward.

We all began to climb up the blocks and soon we were faced with this corridor leading forward.

"Dead end?" Yuna asked as a giant tower fell from the sky and knocked all of us backwards.

"Guess not." She giggled standing. We all managed to stand and approach. The tower spanned what seemed like miles upward.

"What's this symbol?" Tidus asked touching a pink symbol on the side of the tower and he just vanished.

"Looks like the newbie found an entrance, ya?" Wakka said scratching the back of his head moving in next.

This new area was the freakiest one yet. It was this large blue field with who knows what in the sky and tons of crystals poking out of the ground.

"Something tells me that touching those won't end well." I mused.

A smaller oval shaped crystal appeared next to Rikku and she picked it up and it became an item.

"Saaaaaaaaaay! Maybe if we collect enough of these something good will happen." She said smiling brightly.

It took some agility and skill to collect another nine of them but once we had them nothing happened.

"What now?" I asked everyone, holding a sphere in my hand.

Then the whole area became very bright and I collapsed.

When I got up we were on a platform and a man was standing at the end of it, his back facing us.

"Who's he?" I asked.

"My father." Tidus muttered walking over to him.

A long conversation with this guy, Jecht, and Tidus began. Telling about how we'd have to fight him and everything. Tidus was almost in tears from the sound of his voice.

Soon Jecht was surrounded in light and fell over the side of the platform. Soon a much larger being appeared before us and had the face of Jecht on it even though it was still a monster.

"I'm not holding back! Give me all you got dad!" Tidus shouted with his sword drawn.

Before anyone even asked I had a Scan coming for them. I held my guns in a crossed position and cast the spell.

"Braska's Final Aeon. Virtually no weakness. Is healed by the two Yu Pagodas surrounding it. What's a Yu Pagoda?" I asked finishing.

As if called by my words two large stone statues appeared on either side of Jecht and they had these markings on them.

Without delay we all tossed everything at him. Rikku threw all the items she could, Wakka used skills, Auron slashing like mad, Lulu casting whatever she could, and Yuna healing us. I was just firing madly with no pauses.

Eventually it looked as though we beat Jecht, but he only groaned and the symbol in the sky behind, which was on Tidus's clothes, began to burst into flames and then Jecht did something bizarre. Some kind of handle came out of his chest and began to pull a sword from it. Jecht seemed unharmed by that but rather...stronger.

His body then began to glow a bright red color and he looked as though he'd unleash a powerful move on all of us. Then Tidus shouted to him.

"I won't lose!"

Somehow this calmed Jecht down and he stopped what he was doing and his body began to return to its normal color.

I was given a few items before we came into Sin and now I prepared to use them.

I took two things, Dark Matter and Underdog's Secret and mixed them together.

"One Shinn approved does of pain coming right up!" I said loading the ammunition I created into both guns. "Flawed Genocide!" I shouted firing bright explosive bullets at Jecht dealing tremendous damage to him. However I was feeling some of the damage, but not the entire thing. I suppose that's why it's flawed.

Jecht was still standing and I fell to my knees. That attack drained most of my energy and vitality. Wakka sent one of his special shots at the creature and then Tidus placed what he called "Blitz Ace" onto Jecht and that seemed to take him down as his body evaporated into the human we all met awhile ago. His sword was still standing on the platform.

Tidus ran to him and it sounded like he was crying. Well I never understood how Tidus felt about his father. Then I noticed something in the sky over our heads.

"Guys! What the hell is that!?" I shouted pointing at the white, red, and black cloud encircling us.

"Here it comes!" Lulu said as it impacted the sword and all went white.