[Disclaimer: I do not own Final Fantasy. I own very small amounts of money. It's rock if it was the other way around.]

To Naursul: I know that Yuna had not taken the death of Wakka seriously. That is why the grief of the situation needed to sink in. I arranged for this chapter to allow for this. But thanx for the constructive criticism.

To Chappu: I know that the monster that arose from Bikanel was not a dragon. I don't want to recreate FFX-2. The dragon is of my own creation.

To SomeRandomGirl, The One Above All, and SilverShadowPrincess: Thank you for your compliments. It's the exact kind of drive that keeps me writing.

Upon Silver Wings

Chapter 5: The Madness of Power

The exhaustion was so great from that experience, the three girls slept on the pathway of the Farplane. All except the one who had been haunted by her nightmares. Yuna held the sphere in her hands, watching it glow with a light she had never seen before. Mesmerized with it's beauty, she softly caressed the smoothness of its form. She did not sleep, and when the others awoke, they were disturbed to see her fascinated with it.

"Yuna?" Paine asked. She stirred quickly, awoken from her trance. Her eyes were bloodshot, and as she looked up at Paine, her body felt heavy and exhausted. "Yuna…" she knelt down next to her, and placed her hand on her shoulder. She was never very close to anyone, but Paine knew when she was wanted; when she was needed.

"What?' Her voice was unusually cold, and it shocked Paine to be spoken in such a manner. She quickly removed her hand, and rethought what she wanted to say. Seeing the expression on her face, Yuna sighed heavily. "I'm sorry Paine,"

"It's alright, you've been under a lot," she stood up and Rikku took her place.

"What's wrong Yunie?" She was determined to help, and as Yuna began to weep softly, Rikku became even more concerned. She held out her arms and let Yuna cry in them.

"Everyone is leaving me," she said through her tears. "Dad, Tidus… Wakka. I can't stop it from happening," Yuna looked into the orb again. She saw everything she had gained, and was reminded of everything she had lost. Her heart ached for all she didn't know; all she couldn't stop. Rikku wasn't sure of what to say, but looking at Paine, the words came to her swiftly.

"We need to keep going," she said to her. "We need to find these aeons, so we can go back up there and KICK that fiend's ass!" Yuna had only felt a bit of relief, after all, she had never heard Rikku swear. She could barely feel the passion of her words. She wiped away her tears and stood up.

"No, no…" she said sternly. "I can't take it… Help me Bahamut," A single tear fell from her eye, tracing the slenderness of Bahamut's confinement. It began to radiate it's eerie light stronger. She turned her face away from her friends.

"Stop Yuna!" Paine said. "You don't know what that can do yet. Here, is not the place to test it!" Her voice was riddled with concern and though she would never admit it, there was a streak of fear. Yuna looked back at them, except something about her was bizarre about her appearance: her eyes had become colourless and emitted the same light the sphere did. This was not Yuna. In her hands, the clasped orb flowed with a strong energy, flowing with sinuous streaks across the darkened space.

"Oh my GOD YUNIE!!" Rikku shrieked. She tried to shake Yuna back was repelled by a dark energy that drove an evil aura into her. She fell back into Paine, trying to recover from the shock.

"Stay back!" she yelled. Her body shook with violent shivers and the orb's radiance eventually melded a silhouette of Bahamut's form. It climbed up Yuna's body and spread its wings over her body. As it absorbed into her skin, Yuna began to change. She screamed fiercely from the excruciating pain. Both Paine and Rikku stood in bewilderment, with no idea of how to help their friend. Yuna's tears slowly stopped, as her body grew black. Her skin was as night with the colour of ash staining her pale form. Her eyes morphed into serpent-like slits, while her shirt was torn into a thousand pieces. Her nude form was scarred with black colour as two giant crystalline wings, formed on the apex of her shoulders. Rikku gasped at the sudden transformation.

"She's becoming Bahamut!"

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"Let's go! Let's go!" A commander yelled out orders as several hundred well armed men and women surrounded the fiend. It had now destroyed most of what Besaid had to offer, and had stretched its massive body all the way to the beach. "Black Magicians to the front lines!" Several dark cloaked figures steadied their ornamented staffs toward the beast. Sweat trickled down each one, as the tension grew between the people and the enemy.

"You are too foolish for words!" he shouted devilishly. He breathed a heavy dose of fire, sending over 50 soldiers fleeing into the deep cool waters. It laughed superiorly, beckoning any attempt that could stop him from his rampage. "Soon, I will rule this world!"

"Chant Blizzaga!" the commander retaliated. The many magicians chanted their spells, eager to unleash their ferocity on the heartless being. "Ready…Aim… Initiate!" The staffs all glowed white with an intense ambience. An icy aura pounded on the beast. It cried out with a shock from the intense power of the black magic. The commander smiled from the onslaught. He knew that the most powerful of the ice attacks would be more than sufficient to end the life of that evil creature. The force relentlessly fired on the brute until it's entire from was sealed in a cold casket of ice. The soldiers all smiled at each other, possibly relieved at the victory.

"Good job," and "Nice work," were just a few of the many compliments that passed themselves around the army. It was time for the final step of the assault. Two newly discovered dresspheres, 'the Being', and 'the Elementalist', were to cast a solid iron gate around this being and sink him into the ocean in solid ice. As both the casters stood upon the cliffs above the beach, the two spell casters chanted. With a power unlike any other, The Elementalist commanded the ground. As it shook, the sand rose from the beach and barred the frozen creature. The Being leapt off the cliff and landed in the sand prison. He placed his hands into the cage and with a jolt of energy, forger the sand into a chrome cage, sealing the being. The Elementalist then finished by summoning the sea to engulf the prison and carry it to bottom of the ocean. It's tail still followed into the water, still seeping into the depths of the Chamber of the Fayth, Though they tried, the tail was harder than steel, and proved to be impenetrable to any of their weapons. So the tail was to be buried beneath the rebuilding of the city, where they hoped it would remain. But this was an evil that had returned once from the depths of hell. Surely, metal and ice would prove to be no challenge. It's a shame they didn't realize that sooner.

~To Be Continued~

Thanks for reading you guys. I loved this chapter in particular because there are many things to keep your mind active. Any constructive criticism and opinions would be fully recommended. Thanx for your reviews!