The Ace and the Lion-Chapter 7:In My Eyes
Holy crap, it sure has been awhile. How've ya'll been? I've been really busy with school and work and I haven't really touched my computer at all in the last little while, but I'm gonna try and make up for it with some updates here, so thanx to all of you for being so patient.
DISCLAIMER: All names and Characters associated with Final Fantasy X and Final Fantasy VIII belong to Squaresoft.
"Man, I am totally stuffed!" Zell said as he patted his stomach. Quistis laughed lightly. "How's it feel to actually eat something other than hotdogs for once?" She asked. Zell nodded contentedly. "Not bad actually....I think I may have found an alternative to hotdogs." He said honestly. Yuna stood up and started walking out of the room. "Tidus, could I talk to you for a second, excuse me everyone." She said as she walked out of the room. Everyone looked at Tidus, then at each other. Tidus just shrugged and walked out of the room. Squall nodded his head definetly. "Something is definintly up." Everyone seemmed to nod some sort of agreement. They sat at the table and thought of what could be going on, but waited to see what would happen. Once everyone got lost in their converstaions, Rikku left the table, suddenly concerned that something was going on.
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"Yuna, honestly, I don't know what you're talking about. Sudit must have done something to you." He said as he tried to reach out to her. She slapped his hand away and pulled the guns out. "Don't touch me or I'll blow those hands off." She threatened. Tidus' eyes went wide. "Yuna....what's gotten into you?" He asked, schocked. She smirked. "I was about to ask you the same question. Why do you want to destroy the world?" She asked. "Tell me, and maybe I won't blow your brains out." She added. Tidus shook his head in disbelief. "I can't believe this....I thought you loved me...." He trailed off. She shrugged slightly. "I thought I did too, until I found out what you really are." She shot back. Tidus' shoulders sagged. "Well, in that case, you might as well shoot me, since I have nothing left to live for." He said sadly as he looked deeply into her eyes. She looked stunned for a minute. "I thought you'd never ask!" She exclaimed as she raised the guns and pointed them at his head. However, just as she was about to pull the trigger, Rikku walked in. She put her hands to her mouth and suppresed a scream. Yuna turned her head and her fingers flexed to pull the trigger, but Tidus grabbed her and wrestled her to the bed. They both struggled to take control of the gun, but Tidus eventually slipped off the bed and quickly rose to his knees, but stopped moving, knowing that he was defeated. "First you, then Rikku." She said matter-of-factly. Tidus shook his head in disbelief. "Why Yuna? I love you, Rikku loves you too, she's your cousin! How could you do this?" He asked. "At least tell me that before I die." He said calmly. She lowered the guns a little, and at this moment Rikku leapt at Yuna and drove a dagger into Yuna's back. Her eyes went wide and she slumped to the floor, the guns falling out of her hands. Tidus and Rikku looked on in horror. Yuna lay still on the floor, not breathing either. Rikku sat on the floor and started crying, and Tidus ran over to her and held her, but couldn't hold back the tears himself, so they both sat on the floor crying over the loss of Yuna.
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"How're they doing?" Squall asked. Everyone else was sitting in the lounge, waiting to hear how Rikku and Tidus were. The Al Bhed crew member in charge of the medical facility simply shook her head. "I don't know if Rikku will be able to rebound from this one." She said in her Al Bhed accent. "Tidus seems to be taking it better....but not too much more. He's sleeping right now, but I don't know where that'll go. Time will tell." She said simply. Squall rubbed the back of his neck, obviously distressed with the news. "Alright, thank-you." He said as he walked back to the lounge. "Oh, one thing Mr.Leonheart." She said as she stopped in the doorway. Squall stopped too and turned around. "Yeah?" He asked. "We've been thinking of trying out an experimental medical program, involved with memories. We need test subjects to finalize it though..." She trailed off. "When do you want them?" Squall asked.
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Later that day, Rikku and Tidus were taken to the room where the equipment was. They were told that it was just a test to see if there were any complications that resulted from the events of that day. They couldn't know what was going on, simply because they would refuse. They both laid down on the medical tables without a word. I sure hope this works, Squall thought to himself. We're really gonna need them. One of the attendants took a small set of patches from the machine and hooked them up, 2 on Rikku's head, 2 on Tidus'. "This should be real quick, just relax and try to free your mind." He said. "You must go and explain it to them how you want their memories to form. They will listen to whatever you tell them to." The lead doctor explained. Squall nodded. "So it's kinda like hypnotism?" He conferred. The doctor nodded, and motioned towards them. They were now unconscious, seeming to be in a deep sleep. Squall walked out of the doctor's office, noticing that there wasn't any noise, except for the quiet humming of the machine. It was a chilling scene to him, but he brushed the thought away. He walked over to Rikku and leaned close to her. He opened his mouth, then paused, making sure that he had everything right. "Yuna died trying to destroy Sin. She was successful, and Sin died, making an Eternal Calm. You weren't in love with Tidus originally, but you fell in love with him after Yuna died because you felt sorry for him." He finished. He looked back at the doctor, and she nodded, and he walked over to Tidus and said the same, except suited for him. When he finished, he walked back over to the others who were watching nervously. "Well? Do you think it worked?" Squall asked as he turned to the doctor. She shook her head. "It's hard to say, we'll know when they wake up in a couple minutes. We're going to stay here and watch them and see if they react to each other." She said. Squall felt bad for them. Yuna had become a friend to all of them, and he hated to leave her behind like that, but they needed Rikku and Tidus at their best , and it couldn't be helped. "You must make sure that they never find out about their past, or else the results could be diastrous. We don't know for sure, but it's better to not find out." She explained. Everyone nodded in agreement. Just then, Tidus and Rikku woke up and sat up slowly. The others took a deep breath and waited in silence, hoping for the best.
Author's Note: I know, I know, it's been a long time coming, I'm terribly sorry, but I've been very busy with school and work so I couldn't really help it. I'll try my hardest to get stuff out sooner now that midterms are over.
Holy crap, it sure has been awhile. How've ya'll been? I've been really busy with school and work and I haven't really touched my computer at all in the last little while, but I'm gonna try and make up for it with some updates here, so thanx to all of you for being so patient.
DISCLAIMER: All names and Characters associated with Final Fantasy X and Final Fantasy VIII belong to Squaresoft.
"Man, I am totally stuffed!" Zell said as he patted his stomach. Quistis laughed lightly. "How's it feel to actually eat something other than hotdogs for once?" She asked. Zell nodded contentedly. "Not bad actually....I think I may have found an alternative to hotdogs." He said honestly. Yuna stood up and started walking out of the room. "Tidus, could I talk to you for a second, excuse me everyone." She said as she walked out of the room. Everyone looked at Tidus, then at each other. Tidus just shrugged and walked out of the room. Squall nodded his head definetly. "Something is definintly up." Everyone seemmed to nod some sort of agreement. They sat at the table and thought of what could be going on, but waited to see what would happen. Once everyone got lost in their converstaions, Rikku left the table, suddenly concerned that something was going on.
***
"Yuna, honestly, I don't know what you're talking about. Sudit must have done something to you." He said as he tried to reach out to her. She slapped his hand away and pulled the guns out. "Don't touch me or I'll blow those hands off." She threatened. Tidus' eyes went wide. "Yuna....what's gotten into you?" He asked, schocked. She smirked. "I was about to ask you the same question. Why do you want to destroy the world?" She asked. "Tell me, and maybe I won't blow your brains out." She added. Tidus shook his head in disbelief. "I can't believe this....I thought you loved me...." He trailed off. She shrugged slightly. "I thought I did too, until I found out what you really are." She shot back. Tidus' shoulders sagged. "Well, in that case, you might as well shoot me, since I have nothing left to live for." He said sadly as he looked deeply into her eyes. She looked stunned for a minute. "I thought you'd never ask!" She exclaimed as she raised the guns and pointed them at his head. However, just as she was about to pull the trigger, Rikku walked in. She put her hands to her mouth and suppresed a scream. Yuna turned her head and her fingers flexed to pull the trigger, but Tidus grabbed her and wrestled her to the bed. They both struggled to take control of the gun, but Tidus eventually slipped off the bed and quickly rose to his knees, but stopped moving, knowing that he was defeated. "First you, then Rikku." She said matter-of-factly. Tidus shook his head in disbelief. "Why Yuna? I love you, Rikku loves you too, she's your cousin! How could you do this?" He asked. "At least tell me that before I die." He said calmly. She lowered the guns a little, and at this moment Rikku leapt at Yuna and drove a dagger into Yuna's back. Her eyes went wide and she slumped to the floor, the guns falling out of her hands. Tidus and Rikku looked on in horror. Yuna lay still on the floor, not breathing either. Rikku sat on the floor and started crying, and Tidus ran over to her and held her, but couldn't hold back the tears himself, so they both sat on the floor crying over the loss of Yuna.
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"How're they doing?" Squall asked. Everyone else was sitting in the lounge, waiting to hear how Rikku and Tidus were. The Al Bhed crew member in charge of the medical facility simply shook her head. "I don't know if Rikku will be able to rebound from this one." She said in her Al Bhed accent. "Tidus seems to be taking it better....but not too much more. He's sleeping right now, but I don't know where that'll go. Time will tell." She said simply. Squall rubbed the back of his neck, obviously distressed with the news. "Alright, thank-you." He said as he walked back to the lounge. "Oh, one thing Mr.Leonheart." She said as she stopped in the doorway. Squall stopped too and turned around. "Yeah?" He asked. "We've been thinking of trying out an experimental medical program, involved with memories. We need test subjects to finalize it though..." She trailed off. "When do you want them?" Squall asked.
***
Later that day, Rikku and Tidus were taken to the room where the equipment was. They were told that it was just a test to see if there were any complications that resulted from the events of that day. They couldn't know what was going on, simply because they would refuse. They both laid down on the medical tables without a word. I sure hope this works, Squall thought to himself. We're really gonna need them. One of the attendants took a small set of patches from the machine and hooked them up, 2 on Rikku's head, 2 on Tidus'. "This should be real quick, just relax and try to free your mind." He said. "You must go and explain it to them how you want their memories to form. They will listen to whatever you tell them to." The lead doctor explained. Squall nodded. "So it's kinda like hypnotism?" He conferred. The doctor nodded, and motioned towards them. They were now unconscious, seeming to be in a deep sleep. Squall walked out of the doctor's office, noticing that there wasn't any noise, except for the quiet humming of the machine. It was a chilling scene to him, but he brushed the thought away. He walked over to Rikku and leaned close to her. He opened his mouth, then paused, making sure that he had everything right. "Yuna died trying to destroy Sin. She was successful, and Sin died, making an Eternal Calm. You weren't in love with Tidus originally, but you fell in love with him after Yuna died because you felt sorry for him." He finished. He looked back at the doctor, and she nodded, and he walked over to Tidus and said the same, except suited for him. When he finished, he walked back over to the others who were watching nervously. "Well? Do you think it worked?" Squall asked as he turned to the doctor. She shook her head. "It's hard to say, we'll know when they wake up in a couple minutes. We're going to stay here and watch them and see if they react to each other." She said. Squall felt bad for them. Yuna had become a friend to all of them, and he hated to leave her behind like that, but they needed Rikku and Tidus at their best , and it couldn't be helped. "You must make sure that they never find out about their past, or else the results could be diastrous. We don't know for sure, but it's better to not find out." She explained. Everyone nodded in agreement. Just then, Tidus and Rikku woke up and sat up slowly. The others took a deep breath and waited in silence, hoping for the best.
Author's Note: I know, I know, it's been a long time coming, I'm terribly sorry, but I've been very busy with school and work so I couldn't really help it. I'll try my hardest to get stuff out sooner now that midterms are over.