A Soldiers Daughter Never Cries

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Disclaimer: I do not own Final Fantasy, unfortunately. But, if I did, every ending would be predictable and uncreative! =D

-Prologue, Part II-

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The girl winced as she landed uneasily on her feet, taking a deep breathe. The same voice that had assured her safety whispered softly in her ear. "Suspended on silver wings..."

"Tida?"

The girl turned, until she faced her boyfriend, a bright pink hue glowing on her pale cheeks. The two of them ran until they stood barely a foot apart, staring at eachother intensely.

The High Summoner's daughter ran her fingers over the male's dark, Besaid-Native tanned skin. "Is it...Really you?"

"I think so..." She stepped back and took a look at him.

He was maybe 5 inches taller than her, with orange-red hair that laid behind a black headband. His short hair clung to his head with sweat, and his front lay-up had fallen down; making him look more like his Uncle; Chappu.

He wore a newer version of the Besaid Aurochs uniform; Two golden armpads with black 'B''s woven onto them. As well, thing black shirt straps with yellow outer-lining, leading down to a shirt than began a little below his cheasy; yellow, with a slit down the middle, and black stitching on every edges, as well as where the slit began, and black 'B''s on either side. On the back was sown 'Besaid Aurochs'. The shirt attached to Yellow jeans ovver black jeans that ended abpout 2 inches under the yellow. Two black 'B''s were sown into yellow kneepads, and the yellow jeans were fitted with black size adjusters all down the front. To complete the look, he wore black sneakers, with yellow 'B''s on either side.

"Do I pass?" He stared at her, eyebrows gently furrowed, his hands planted gently on her shoulders.

"Yes...You're...Really you..."

He wrapped his arms around her in a tight embrace. A small swarm of pyreflies began to dissaparate from the Songstress dressphere, swarming around the two in a mystical glow. The smaller female laid her head on his shoulder tenderly, both of them pausing as the pyreflies swarmed into their bodies. The female blinked until both of her eyes were the same color as the right; a honey brown as when the ex-summoner had possesed her before.

The Besaid-natives eyes glittered a fascinating blue color, as he leaned closer to her, pressing his chin against her forehead. "Lenne..."

"Shuyin...One thousand years...And I'm sorry I never told you."

The possessing spirit wrapped his arms around the female, holding her in his tight embrace for a long time, the both of them quickly swarming out of the bodies of the two young teenagers as Wakka slapped a hand on his sons shoulder. "Vidina! How come you didn't tell me Tida was here?"

He stood in a slightly shocked gaze, shaking his head to snap himself out of it. Parting his lips and pre-thinking his words, not to stammer, he took a deep breathe, slowly pulled his arms from around his girlfriend's neck. "Sorry, I kinda lost track of the time."

"Ahh...No worries, ya?"

The chestnut-haired female stared at Wakka, still in her possessed gaze, her honey-colored eyes remaining on him attentively, but her mind wandering fiercely.

~It was so distant to me...All of these feelings. Lenne and Shuyin...I remembered Shinra once saying something about Lenne being the woman whose soul was trapped in the Songstress Dressphere to give it its powers. But I was even more confused now than I had been when she'd spoken before. This time, she was apologizing to Vidina...Maybe he really wasn't Vidina, then, however. And before...Before, she said they wanted what was rightfully theirs. What could belong rightfully to two people? Their love? The Songstress Dressphere?~

The young girl was knocked out of her thoughts as Wakka shook her roughly, staring at her eyes intensely. "Tida! Are you okay? What's wrong with your eyes?"

"My eyes?" She immediately blinked quickly a couple times. Everything seemed normal as could be. Wakka cocked an eyebrow in confusion, brushing his fingers over the young girl's eyes. "But they were just the same color..."

"Pa, you were probably seeing things," Vidina waved his hand to drop the subject. "C'mon, let's go inside the hut, ya? I still have to tell Tida about Mai!"

"Yeah, yeah," Wakka ruffled the young girls hair and pushed her toward the hut. "C'mon."

The young girl snapped from her thoughts again, nodding slowly. "Yeah...O-Okay..."

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The Airship Celcius hovered above Besaid in an almost secretive way. Four figures hopped from the airship - That was, Yuna, Shinra, Paine, and Rikku.

Pausing as he held a small compass-looking device in his hand, Shinra punched the air victoriously as a slight beeping sound went off. "Found her! According to the tracker, she should be in Wakka and Lulu's hut."

"With Vidina! Right?" The blonde Al Bhed woman's eyes darted to the hut. "Hey...That seems kinda obvious. Don't you think she'd be, like, hiding somewhere?"

"This isn't wrong, Rikku. It traces the strongest track of DNA within the area."

"They're not here..." Yuna stared out into the distance, watching the Pyreflies fly in a mystical swarm in the air, then turning without warning and swarming away from where they had been, heading towards the Besaidian Ruins.

"The Pyreflies are reacting on strong emotions, and influential memories. Our best bet is to go down near the docks, you know?"

Yuna stared longingly into the distance, wishing he would come back to stand right next to her. Gasping inwardly, the female backed away as an image began at the center green, turning the scene into night. A bonfire was lighten softly, and all of the village had been turned into an apparition of her past.

The ghost of him walked over to her, and they began talking softly, her eyes twinkling as she looked at her new friend. After she'd ended her conversation, the elders warded him away whenever he attempted to return. "Stay away from the Summoner," they said. It really was a perfect dream.

The chestnut hair female dropped to her knees in despair as the pyreflies dissaparated the image, leaving the Summoner with one hand reaching out at the image. "No...Don't leave me..."

"Yunie!" The Al Bhed immediately ran over to her cousin, placing a comforting hand on her shoulder. "C-C'mon. Let's go, Yunie."

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Pausing as she leaned her forehead against Vidina's, the chestnut hair female allowed herself to blink away tears as she sung softly. "It all just feels so distant, Spiraling away from me...Out of my reach...I'm resistant fully...To be here...So I'll try and succeed, To tell you how much I've missed you...How much I wished for you...To come back, So close to me...Save your tears, We're still together, I could watch you fade in the distance, A smile delicately on your face...But still I swore, To find you again, And tell you how I feel, Crying might have been the answer...What if I cried my eyes out and said I'd be waiting for you? But now, For me, It's not hard to say, I love you too...."

~It was emotions...Playing on memories that flashed on my heart. And that intertwined with what she told me. It'd be back. Of course it would be back, until they got what they wanted, it wouldn't leave. It just wouldn't leave...~

The ex-Summoner paused as the melody echoed in her head. It was definately her daughter's voice - or, so it seemed. She couldn't tell the difference between her daughter's voice, and the spirit in her Songstress' dressphere. She had been blessed with as much talent as Lenne from 1,017 years ago, and it was one of her ultimate strong points.

"Yunie, Yunie!" The Al Bhed tapped her cousin's shoulder impatiently, pointing at the scene. "That was the song from Lenne, remember? '1,000 Words?' Her version is different though, but it's the same melody! Yunie! Yunie, did you ever sing that song to her?"

"No," Paine shook her head for her companion who was slightly starstruck. "It's Lenne."

Rikku sighed as she melted into the melody. "I know that's you're hiding things, Using gentle words to shelter me...Your words were like a dream...But dreams could never fool me...Not that easily...It's the same, but..It's different words. You think they came from Lenne?"

"No," Paine again answered for the starstruck ex-Summoner. "She knows something we don't. It's coming from her own heart."

The two stood at the waterfall, tears cascading down the both of their cheeks. Vidina placed a gentle kiss on the younger girl's forehead, wrapping his arms around her neck protectively. "I won't let anything tear us apart, ya?"

The waterfall cascading around them, and on them, beating down on them with crystal drops as they stood in silence for a long time. Finally, Tida wrapped her arms around Vidina, snuggling her head against his shoulder. "I'm sorry, Vidina. I'll try my best, for you...I promise."

The earth beneath their feet began to tremble unnaturally, and Yuna fell back into Shinra's arms, who's eyes were whiter than a ghost as he pointed to a large figure in the sky. "Im-P-Possible!"

Rikku and Paine raised their eyes, only to remain in equal shock. "P-Paine, is that-"

"It is..." Paine stammered breathlessly, and looked over at the couple who stood still, sullen, forlorn expressions on their face.

"We all ready warned the village," Vidina closed his eyes. "It is."

The pyreflies swirled around the female teenager, who gripped Vidina's shoulder's without a want to let go. She winced as the large figure smashed itself into the island, as the pyreflies quickly swarmed into her body. She gasped slightly, before turning to Yuna, a dirty glare playing on her voice as she tore her grip from Vidina. "Lady Yuna...You really couldn't save everyone the pain? I told you, we wanted what is ours," She narrowed her eyes slightly.

"He got upset when he'd seen your inacception with our request. Sin always returns for it's spawn, Lady Yuna. Until you give us what is ours, this world...Will continue to be in a spiral of death. Yhodrehk vun dra ehhulahd." - [1]

"Lenne...Please..." The ex-Summoner regained her composure and fell to her knees. "Please, don't...Don't do this."

"Ed'c hud so taleceuh. Ed'c ouinc." With that, the pyrefies swarmed from the young girl's body, causing her to fall back against Vidina, staring up at the sky. "It's not going to leave this time..." - [2]

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Rika: And that would be Proglogue, Parte Deux. ^^

Paine - I'd like to read that once it comes out. And thank you for the compliment, I write for the people! *Hears a bunch of mutters* Dun hurt me. oo;

Chocobahn - Thank you. ^^ Thank you, again. It's a lot harder to read this when you're WATCHING the FMV, that how I did it for beta testing to see if it was angsty enough. ^^ It by far, is one of the most saddening scenes from the FF scenes, and I love it. I'll keep it up, and I hope you review again soon.

Well, I'm off to get typing again. o.-; I better get going. Ja, my fans. I will update soon!

[1] - "Anything for the innocent."

[2] - "It's not my decision. It's yours."