This is the epilogue, yeah… I can't believe it's over already. I miss it, sorta, not really. It jumps through time, starting after Zali's death and going to the end of final fantasy ten. Just clearing up some loose ends, that sorta thing, I probably didn't get them all, but you know what, I don't care.
~~~Aftermath~~~
Braska and his fiancée Kakri delayed their wedding for the customary time of mourning. It was a subdued affair. Auron politely declined attending, but was dragged there nonetheless. Jecht attended, but he disappeared shortly after the reception. With his disappearance, the Bevelle Beaters fell apart, and the team ceased to exist within a few years.
About four years later, Yuna was born to Braska and Kakri. One eye was startlingly green, and the other was a brilliant blue. Auron took joy in holding her as he was unable to hold his own daughter. Within the next year Cid and his wife had a daughter, and they named her Rikku.
Years later, both Braska and Cid's wives were taking a cruise to Besaid Island aboard the S.S. Liki. Sin struck, and Besaid was destroyed, the two women perished. Many children of Besaid were left parentless; Lulu, Wakka, and Chappu were among them.
Jecht mysteriously showed up, having no memories of Sin, or Yevon and its teachings. His memories of Braska and Auron were also non-existent, but he joined Braska on his pilgrimage. Auron argues with Braska, saying that he should not leave his daughter to live fatherless. Braska's resolve would not be changed, and it was then that Braska and Jecht perished to save Spira. Braska went to the Farplane, and Jecht became Sin. Before they left, Braska made Auron promise to take Yuna to Besaid, and Jecht asked Auron to keep an eye on his boy, because he was going to cry.
Auron saw them die and was enraged, he rushed back to do battle with Yunalesca, and there he met his demise. He returned as an Unsent, and stumbled upon Kimahri. "Beheyshee… it is you?" he gasped out in pain. He squints through his one good eye and realizes that it is not. "Forgive me… the daughter of the High Summoner is in Bevelle. Please, take her to Besaid." Kimahri nods slowly and leaves the boundaries of Mount Gagazet. Auron returns to Zanarkand where he watches after Tidus.
He returns with Tidus to Spira after Tidus is seventeen, they are split up. Tidus meets Yuna, Wakka, and Lulu, and then he later meets Kimahri. Upon arriving in Luca, Yuna rushed off to see Auron, but he had long since disappeared.
When Auron first met the group, his eyes rested on Lulu, and it was all he could do to stop from crying. She looked just like an older, more mature version of his Zali. And Yuna dressed like she did on the day she died, was that an omen?
Rikku joined the group, laughing, chatting, staring him down. His heart fluttered slightly, and he remembered the troubles the Al Bhed had given his own love. He was about to say no, but he looked down at her and demanded that she open her eyes, he wished to confirm his suspicions about her. She asked 'No good?' and the exterior around his heart melted and he realized that it was not his right to refuse her the responsibility of protecting her cousin, his niece. So instead of saying 'no' he asked her if she was sure. She smiled happily, she hadn't been ready for his submission. He realized he had made the right choice. Perhaps, just perhaps Zali would allow him to love again. But not so soon, and this girl was too young. And he was too old, and he was dead. That was a problem. For the first time in his life, he regretted his rash decision to die. Had age just been the… but this is unimportant.
Later Lulu and Auron talked, their first father to daughter talk. And he apologized. He broke down and cried. He told her the whole story. And Wakka overheard. The next day they killed Seymour.
Outside the Farplane, Auron and Rikku sat. Auron fought with his emotions. "Your father, is he still alive?" Rikku looked up at him. "I… knew him when we were younger. As well as your mother."
"You knew my mother? What was she like?"
"She looked just like you, she was best friends with Yuna's mother. They even died together. As did Lulu's… mother."
"You hesitate when you say mother, why is that?"
"Because it was her adoptive mother, her birth mother died one week before the intended date of Braska and Kakri's wedding. Her mother looked like Lulu… but had Yuna's hair style and… she dressed more like Yuna than she did Lulu… although she did wear fur."
"You loved her, didn't you?"
"We were engaged."
"Lulu's mother was the Maester's daughter?" Rikku asked shocked.
"No, Lulu's mother was Braska's younger sister."
At Yuna's wedding, Auron watched as his niece married Seymour, and he wept. Wakka walked forward after they were in the woods. "Auron," he said his accent thick, "I heard what you told Lulu. You betrayed Yevon for her!" Auron stared at him. "She wasn't a summoner. She…"
"So betraying Yevon for a summoner is allowed, but betraying Yevon for your one true love who was just murdered by the Maester is not allowed?" Wakka made some unintelligible noises. "Even the Aeons were upset, they destroyed the Maester, he never made it to the Farplane, but he will also never become a fiend. He has ceased to exist. The Aeons gave her a spot in their home, a place where only the Unsent and the Aeons are allowed, unless the Aeons do grant them permission to enter. Both she and I have gained that privilege. Even the Aeons have turned against Yevon."
Wakka finally said, "I was going to say, I wish I could do that, but… I guess that works too, ya? Lu's your daughter?" Auron nods curtly, "Well I suppose then," he scratches head, "I should ask you if uh, she likes me?" Auron laughs, "What, I'm being serious, ya!"
"Ask her yourself."
"But she'll kill me!"
Auron walked off.
"Don't stop." Auron whispers as Yuna performs the sending. "It is time for me to join my love, Lady Zaliestia of the House of the Dying Rose." In the Farplane he encircles her in his arms and kisses her. He hugs Jecht and Braska then watches as Tidus joins them. "The family is together for now, slowly it will grow, but hopefully not to fast."